2014 Travels: Eagle Nest, NM

This is the nice little cabin we stayed at last night. When we went to the office and then looked at the cabin, the owner told us the restaurant was only open for another 30 minutes, it was 7:30 after all. So it was OK with her if we went to eat first and finished checking in after.

When we walked into the bathroom, this is what we found. I made sure it was OK to take it. The owner said “That’s why we put it there.” Never got a rubber ducky before.

Eagle Nest Lake

At the restaurant, while we were waiting for dinner, our waitress, of about 15 years old, told us about the ghosts she has seen in the hotel, which used to be a bordello. She said she was too afraid to take us upstairs to see the rooms. So the bartender took us up.

She then spent almost an hour telling us her ghost stories.

The next morning that restaurant was closed so we went to a café down the street. The restaurant choices were easy to make since they were the only places open.

A sign on the door said their credit card machine was broken, but we weren’t worried, since we often have some cash. Well, when we went to pay, we were cash broke. No problem to them, they let us go back to the motel, pack up, check out and then come back and pay. Nice small town folks. The café was so full when we got there, that we joined a couple at their table for breakfast. They were locals and told us where to stop on our way through the canyon. When she asked where we were headed and we said Denver, she asked why. So I told her I was going for some medical tests. When she and her husband were done eating and were leaving, she came back to the table, made sure she had my name right and said she would have her church pray for me. Duane and I used a couple of tissues after that.

Another neat thing about this café was the signage.