{"id":44,"date":"2011-10-23T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2011-10-23T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T14:42:00","slug":"utah-new-mexico-vacation-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2011\/10\/utah-new-mexico-vacation-part-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah-New Mexico Vacation – Part 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
We travelled along the\u00a0Turquoise Trail through the Sandia Mountains between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u00a0 Along the Trail we passed through a tiny town of 132 people called, Madrid.\ufeff<\/div>\n
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In the\u00a0Disney Touchstone Pictures comedy Wild Hogs, starring John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy, four middle-aged wannabe bikers take a road trip from Ohio to the West Coast spending time in New Mexico. The movie was almost entirely filmed in New Mexico.<\/div>\n
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The majority of the film\u00a0was shot in the\u00a0former mining town of Madrid. After the town\u2019s mine closed in the 1800s, it became somewhat of a ghost town until the 1970s when artists began to settle in the\u00a0village. Today, it is a thriving artists\u2019 colony complete with shops, galleries, restaurants, and bed and breakfasts.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
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This is a picture of Maggie’s Diner that was built specifically as a set for the movie.\u00a0 Today, Maggie’s Diner is not a restaurant, but a gift shop dedicated to selling anything, “Wild Hog”.<\/div>\n

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We had fun wandering through the many shops that lined the street.<\/p>\n

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There is no quilt shop in Madrid.\u00a0 It looks like there is an opportunity to renovate a house like this and open a quilt shop!\u00a0 All the traffic that travels through Madrid, passes right by this front porch.\u00a0 Hmmmmm, consider the possibilities.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Click on the picture below to read the sign.\u00a0 This one made me chuckle.<\/p>\n

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