As Night time approaches I pull off As on an historic section of Route 66 in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Santa Rosa's stretch of U.S. Route 66 is part of film history. When John Steinbeck's epic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, was made into a movie, director John Ford used Santa Rosa for the memorable train scene. Tom Joad watches a freight train steam over the Pecos River railroad bridge, into the sunset. Tom left us with some memorable philosophy when he said “Takes no nerve to do something, ain't nothin' else you can do”. I bet one of the things Tom did was visit the famous Blue Hole in Santa Rosa. The Blue Hole has been visited by mammoths, native Indians, Spanish conquistadors and even famous outlaws. And probably Tom Joad and his sister, Casy. This deep well of clear, artesian water now hosts thousands of wet-suit-clad divers each year. The clear water in the 81-foot deep bell-shaped spring well is produced from a cave system near the well's bottom that generates about 3,000 gallons per minute. The surface is 80 feet at its widest point and approximately 60 feet at its narrowest. The Blue Hole widens the deeper it goes until the diameter reaches 130 feet across at its deepest depths.
Santa Rosa’s strip is something out of the 1950’s but there are remodeled historic motels, new hotels and several good places to eat. It was good night before we take off for Albuquerque
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