Take Hwy124 east through the lava fields to McCartys. Can you make out the stone Santa Maria de Acoma Church on the hillside?
Cross I-40 at Exit 96 and stay on Hwy 124 to San Fidel, where you'll find an old White Bros Gas Station.
The St. Josephs' Church is also in San Fidel.
Turn left at Cubero Road and go into Villa Cubero and the defunct Villa Cubero Trading Post. Rumor has it that Hemingway wrote "Old Man and the Sea" in the cafe.
Turn right at the T and follow it to Hwy 124 and the Budville Trading Company.
Turn left and follow Hwy124 to Laguna and the giant Route 66 Casino with the huge neon gas pump.
Giant arrow in the parking lot
and a smaller arrow closer to the road.
At the roundabout, take I-40 to Mesita then to Rio Puerco and the Rio Puerco Bridge.
The Rio Puerco Bridge was built in 1933. At 250 feet, it is one of the longest steel bridges in New Mexico. The bridge was replaced in 1999.
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