Searching for Bill the Kid on Becky's Birthday

11/2 Our first stop of the day was a block down the road from the RV park, Billy The Kid Museum. Started by Ed Sweet in 1953, the museum is now run by the third generation of Sweets. It had items from William Bonnie but really it was just a way for a guy to have people pay to look at his junk. It was nice junk and in a nice display.

 He wasn't a good looking boy and I could see why he turned to crime. This place would have been boring just working as a ranch hand. He needed the excitement and when the Lincoln County Wars came along he was a willing participant in killing folks.

little toys. the shelf below are keys for comparison size

 A replica of William Bonnie's gravestone. We saw where he was born in Silver City, NM on the last trip.

The finally got me in jail.

After we looked at the museum, I wanted to drive out to see the Bosque Redondo at Fort Sumner where the Navajos were put on a reservation but it is a state park and it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. I was disappointed because I wanted to complete the circle of seeing the reservation, Canyon de Chelly and the Bosque Redondo. We will have to come back another time.

 New Mexico was more of the same dreary dry grass, long hills and scrub brush. Then we hit the Texas border and it was like night and day. Suddenly we were in agriculture and oil.

 Lots of big dairy and cattle operations like these on the route.

 We stopped in Hereford, Texas and had Chinese. Becky decided that was her birthday dinner and then when we stopped for gas, she bought pie for dessert in the evening. We love pie.