{"id":118,"date":"2004-12-03T01:29:24","date_gmt":"2004-12-03T01:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/?p=118"},"modified":"2024-01-11T22:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T22:54:54","slug":"december_3_2004_wilcox_arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"December 3, 2004 Wilcox, Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 3, 2004<br \/>\nWilcox Arizona<\/p>\n<p>Explored between Lordsburg, New Mexico and Wilcox Arizona today.  Found some great towns.  Hachita, New Mexico, on route 9 just a bit above old Mexico.  Found a great church and wonderful old homes.  The on to the weird on\u2026.. Playas, New Mexico.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a town of about 350 single family homes, a school, firehouse, bank, and about 50 apartments, all laid out in suburban sprawl and built circa 1970 ish by the Phelps Dodge as a company town.  Okay so the mine went belly up and EVERYONE moved out.  Looks and felt like something out of the Twilight Zone.  So we drove around the streets thinking this is really weird, especially the streets that had \u201crestricted area\u201d signs posted in the middle of them.  Finally we found someone and asked about the place.  Turns out Homeland Security bought it and is using it as a testing and training ground.  Oh, I said as I got back in the car and hauled ass towards Rodeo New Mexico.  Rodeo is another old New Mexican town that has \u201cmore art galleries per capita than any other American town.\u201d  We saw 3 galleries\u2026\u2026..  they were all closed.    It\u2019s a small town \u2026.  Onward, West to Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Footnote:<br \/>\nIt is so important when on the road to find those camps where the folks are warm, friendly and care.<br \/>\nThe folks in Las Cruces were great and the space was amazing, up on a hill looking out over the city.  Truly great.  If you\u2019re ever there be sure to stay at:<\/p>\n<p>Las Cruces KOA Kampground<br \/>\n814 Weinrich Road<br \/>\nLas Cruces, New Mexico 88005<br \/>\n800.562.1627<\/p>\n<p>say hi to Tony and Chris for us!<\/p>\n<p>When in Wilcox, Arizona great people and this proves their wireless internet works<\/p>\n<p>Magic Circle RV  Park<br \/>\n700 North Virginia Avenue<br \/>\nWilcox, Az  85643<br \/>\n800.333.4720<\/p>\n<p>But in Lordsburg stay away from:<\/p>\n<p>Lordsburg KOA Kampground was not one we can add to our recommendation list\u2026. Enough said<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Las-Cruces-KOA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\nAirstream Las Cruces N.M. KOA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tony-and-chris-fassi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><br \/>\nTony and Chris Fassi owners of the Las Cruces KOA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/detail-your-church-hachita-nm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><br \/>\ndetail Your Church Hachita New Mexico<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/your-church-1-hachita-nm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><br \/>\ninterior Your Church Hachita New Mexico<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/your-church-hachita-nm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" \/><br \/>\nwindow detail Your Church Hachita New Mexico<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/wall-Hachita-nm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" \/><br \/>\nWall Hachita<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1dmk-hachita-nm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><br \/>\nfront porch Hachita New Mexico<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/henry-hachita.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><br \/>\nHenry Road Hachita New Mexico<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/leaving-hachita.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><br \/>\nLeaving Hachita New Mexico<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 3, 2004 Wilcox Arizona Explored between Lordsburg, New Mexico and Wilcox Arizona today. Found some great towns. Hachita, New Mexico, on route 9 just a bit above old Mexico. Found a great church and wonderful old homes. The on to the weird on\u2026.. Playas, New Mexico. It\u2019s a town of about 350 single family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/2609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}