Sitting here in the
quirky Pelican Inn and Spa, Truth or Consequences, NM (“T or C” for short) with
an internet connection, flush toilet, and our own hot springs soaking tub
(therefore “Spa” in name of the place), catching up on this blog.
This town was
originally called Hot Springs, due to all the hot springs, duh. Some genius in
the city government changed its name in 1950 to "Truth or
Consequences", hoping to bring in more tourists by capitalizing on the
name of what was then a popular radio show. Today,
who has even heard of “Truth or Consequences”?
We are here after
3 days camping and hiking in the spectacular Organ Mountain Desert Peaks
National Monument. Beautiful place to
spend Shabbos. Chabad should look into setting up an outpost there.
Hard to believe we
have been on this trip for less than 2 weeks. Done so many fun things and seen so
many beautiful and interesting places. Some not so beautiful.
There is a great
blog post waiting to be written just about the people we have met. Coming to this blog one day. We have been
getting attention for our NJ license plate. Who knew it would be such a great ice breaker?
Heading from
here to Albuquerque. Get there maybe today, maybe tomorrow. That is the luxury
of having an unstructured trip.
My workspace at the Pelican
Mineral content of the water, aka Periodic Table of the Elements
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