Above: 10' wood carving of a Campesino, historic Plaza Hotel in background.
Several scenes from the TV series Longmire were shot in this area.
Below: a typical tourist in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel.
Las Vegas, NM population is 13K, much smaller than it's infamous sister city. We spent a couple nights there, a breather after 3 days on the road and overnight stops in Flagstaff and Sky City, NM.
Las Vegas is a Spanish word (duh!) meaning 'the meadows' - which is appropriate for the NM city. It was once appropriate for the NV city, too. It had many artesian wells and green areas when it was named in 1821 by Spanish explorers.
The highlight of our stop was our neighbor, Dot, pictured below. Baaaaaaaaa! We've seen lots of odd stuff on our travels but Dot takes the cake. Owner has a sheep farm, said Dot was a twin, had to be bottle fed, was too young to leave behind when they started their trip in March.
March? Holy crap! Crap being the key word. Three months of living in a small RV with a sheep! Don't even want to think about what that rig smells like inside.
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