Tues Oct 4, 4:30 pm: Raton, NM

This is the last stop in New Mexico, and the last fresh air stop during daylight hours. The next fresh air stop will be in Colorado, but I'll be eating dinner so I won't be able to touch ground in Colorado. We will be in Kansas the next time that I could leave the train, but it will be in the middle of the night so I highly doubt that I will. That is another state that I will likely not set foot on.

This was a quaint little town with more genuine brick walkways.Read more