New Mexico Route 66 - Santa Fe

Santa Fe adobe restaurant, 2010

Native American pottery in a Santa Fe market, 2010

A Santa Fe adobe shop, 2010

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. I took the more direct later alignment of Route 66 on this 2012 trip, in which the old road runs on and alongside Interstate 40 through the little towns of Clines Corners, Moriarty, and Tijeras. On two previous trips, however, I did make the turn north on Highway 84 (old 66) to Santa Fe, and the New Mexico capital is such a unique American city that it must be included in any Route 66 report.