On The Road In Northwest New Mexico

New Mexico is one of the largest states in the Union in terms of physical size (5th roughly the size of Poland) and one of the smaller states (36th) in terms of population.  Like almost all the western states, one or two cities dominate the population density (Albuquerque and Santa Fe here).  But some of the smaller cities in the southeast and northwest are very prosperous because they have oil and gas. 

I had a prospect in the northwestern city of Farmington.   It's about 180 miles from my place to Farmington, around 3 hours driving.  My appointment was for 10:30 in the morning.  I got going around 6:30 and stopped halfway there for breakfast.

Although that's a lot of driving, there is a benefit because New Mexico is a beautiful place.  We had snow yesterday and it had a wonderful effect on the mountains.

Approaching the Jemez Mountains going southeast from Farmington to Cuba

Approaching Sandia Peak from the same direction going from Cuba to Bernalillo