Mimbres NM, Glenwood NM, and Eagar AZ

These are all wonderful small towns (west central NM;  east central AZ)

Mimbres NM—GREAT restaurant--Mimbres Café (the restaurant with an outside courtyard).  Our waitress made the desserts--Cajun Bread Pudding, Triple Chocolate Cake…and about 6 others.  (My mind stopped taking in information at “triple chocolate”!)  She the cake was glutten-free; it was168 calories per slice.  No, it wasn’t just a sliver of cake with a finger-lick of icing.   It was a large wedge of cake smothered in deep chocolate frosting.  It was amazing and tasted decadent!  Her story (and I tend to believe her) is that she is working with Betty Crocker.  She has a number of recipes they would like to incorporate.  This 70-year-old woman has had her own local cooking show.  She has taken cooking and baking courses around the globe.  I know, too good to be true.  But if you get there, and you eat one of her deserts, let me know if you too think her yarn must be true.  

We stayed at the Mountain Spirit Campground in Mimbres…this place had the cleanest and nicest campground bathroom I have EVER used!!!  For me, that was enough to “circle the town on my map!”

Santa Rita Copper Mine near Silver City, Hwy 152

Glenwood NM—We didn’t stop, but I was intrigued as we drove by.  The little town had trees!  The post office was attached to a small market that was also the office for a quaint hotel/motel.  There were other similar multi-purpose buildings in the town and a 3-site city campground just north of the Glenwood “bustle”.  The place deserved a day.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have one.

Eagar AZ—We did stay here.   Again, small town, but unique.  It had this odd new-age feel.  Strange given that this is cowboy country.  Matt and I had the BEST coffee on our trip—Java Blues.  I highly recommend a stop here.  We did not get to explore Eagar as much as I would have liked, but the coffee alone made the stop and the town memorable.