We made our way from Santa Fe back to Albuquerque on the scenic Turquoise Trail, the "high road". Greg suggested this.
The trail goes through several old mining towns, the main one being Madrid - pronounced MAD-rid. John knew this town through the "Wild Hogs" movie, starring John Travolta - a comedy about some middle aged men who take a road trip on their motorcycles.
It turns out that the store used for the Wild Hogs scenes was built just for the film. It is now a T-shirt, souvenir shop.
The rest of Madrid is a colorful collection of arts and crafts stores / houses.
We got coffee here ...
I think that it might be interesting to come to Madrid at night time to see who the locals are and how they intermingle. Maybe it's a motorcycle town? Coming through in the morning felt like we weren't seeing the real town.
Actually I sensed a deep and complicated history to this town that was being masked by all the colorful and artistic shops. Can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe this is true of most every place (and person). It was the "art" in this bar that most evoked the sense that there was more going on here than was meeting the eye.
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