For some reason for which I am not quite sure, I really didn't take many photos in New Mexico. I think maybe we were just trying to get to our destination by evening and wanted to make sure that we didn't waste too much time. We had hoped to get to Albuquerque to spend the night the evening before but when we stopped at a rest area entering NM, we found out that there was an international balloon festival going on there. Apparently, rooms were going to be very difficult to find so we stopped instead at a town called Santa Rosa for the night. We actually stayed in a Motel 6 on Route 66. I still kick myself for not getting some kind of a Rt 66 shot. Oh well, I'm sure I'll get another chance next trip out. Anyway, that put us a little behind the next morning with an extra 100 miles or so to go. This picture was taken at a "Scenic View" area on I-40.