I felt like I was running a little ahead of schedule, as I prepared to leave Las Vegas, New Mexico. So instead of rejoining Route 66 for the drive into Santa Fe, I decided to make a short loop into the mountains north of Las Vegas. This was one of those moments on a road trip where I had no idea where I was going, or even why I was going there. I just had a feeling that there might be something interesting up Route 518, so I took it. After escaping the immediate Las Vegas area, Rte. 518 is […]