New Mexican Pit Stop

Escalante Generating Station, the site that this all started 18 months ago. Kinda nostalgic sense about this place, especially in thinking about how much things have changed since those days. Most things have changed for the better.

I am still not used to driving in snow and the high-plains desert at the same time, even though this is the second trip in 2011 to this place. This area is where my colleague, Brett, spent some of his childhood. I'm not sure if he's blogged about it yet, please go check his blog.

So there it is... I spent a total of fours hours in there today en route to my final destination at the Cholla Generating Station. The location of Escalante is about 4 miles NW of the spec of a town known as Prewitt, New Mexico. Prewitt is a dead town, that must've been jumping back when Route 66 had it's first layer of pavement. Not so much anymore. The plant is one of my favorites to visit: it is relatively cool (maybe 110 F), clean (again relative), and our contact (Mr. Pinkston) is very supportive. Overall, I have no problem traveling here and would even go out of my way to pay a visit. The plant location is also one of the prettiest, what with the backdrop of the red mesas. The nearby town of Grants is not too bad. You can tell that it is struggling to survive, but it is able to do so just the same. Here is a link to my Facebook picture page for the National Park just south of Grants: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1310238612194.35317.1717490678&type=1&l=1f14a42b2b (sorry but the hyperlink did not work, so you'll have to copy and paste...). I was sure glad that Brett mentioned the place to me, and that I had a full day this past spring to check it out.

This day was rather uneventful, so there is really not much else to write about. The sunset just outside of Holbrook, AZ was stunning:

Managed to just catch the smoke stacks of Cholla in the distance, just outside of the hotel. They're pretty small in the picture (look to the middle-left) and naturally better in person:

That's it for today.

Thank you for reading,

Kev