Lunch in Gallop, NM

Son and I were eating lunch outdoors at the El Rancho Hotel in Gallup New Mexico this afternoon when a man in medical scrubs came up to the railing and asked if the jeep on the trailer next to the hotel was ours. Said he had a 47 when he lived in Bolivia. Said how much he liked it and how great it was. He very much wanted to buy ours. Told him I got mine in Albuquerque. He was upset he didn't get it. Said if I found anyone at the events we were headed for to let them know he wanted to buy one. I am posting this in hopes someone can make him happy and sell him a flatfender. Said to get to him through his business, "Small Fry Dentistry" in Gallup.

   Oh Boy Howdy you had me worried there for a moment, Steve. Of the (probably) five times I've been through Gallup, three times involved being stuck there due to a breakdown. Two different times with a tour bus loaded with NASCAR fans and once with an eighteen wheeler. To me, Gallup NM is the center of the Bermuda Triangle of the Southwest. I don't go there if I can help it. I'm glad your story was a more happy one. 

  New Mexico as a whole is probably no better or worse than Nebraska. They both have their goods and bads, so in some ways either could be better or worse than the other. But Gallup (Tiny lived there for a while, he calls it "ga-loop") is a special case all its own. I don't know of any place in Nebraska that's as desolate or unlucky. If I ever have to cross NM again, I'll somehow avoid Gallup.  BW

As a child while watching Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, The Rifleman, Branded and of course Bonanza and Gunsmoke I longed to see some of the 'Old West' and was so excited to finally see some of this scenery.

drm101 wrote: I made a note on the bucket list - Presidential Suite - El Rancho!

It was cheaper than the (normal) Comfort Inn room we stayed in the night before which had a little influence over the decision.

Now I have the song "Route 66" stuck in my head.  Good thing I like that song.