Mammoth Carniceria

Carolina (Car-oh-LEAN-uh) wasn't telling who made  them, but they're the best tamales I've ever had. And that's saying something after 40+ years in Albuquerque. $10.00 for 1/2 dozen. (Watch out for a small pit in each one. It must be a spice, but I nearly broke a tooth on the 1st one.)


I also got ribeye for $8.00 a pound and their own tortillas, Rancheros Carnceria, are better than Don Juan brand, my prev fav.

They're next door to the Dollar Store on the East side of the highway at the south end of town.

337 N. Highway 77
Mammoth, AZ 85618
520-487-0173

Manzanar on Interstate 40

They say, "Don't get mad, get even." and this is a wonderful example.

Wandering in the blazing sun, still suffering guilt for the blankets with smallpox, I kept wondering, "Where's that pointy obelisk that symbolizes how we put it to them?"

Sky City is the nickname for Acoma Pueblo where the Spaniards, led by Don Onate, in 1599, cut off the right foot of 24 men, a hand from each of two men and enslaved hundreds of women and children for twenty years. (Wiki: Acoma Massacre) In 1998, during the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Spanish colony of New Mexico, the right foot of a statue of Onate in Alcalde, a community a few miles north of Espanola, was removed. Like the Holocaust and 2001, folks remember.

There IS a fine view of Mt. Taylor and a water spigot on the other side of Phoebe with a big sign: WINTER WATER SUPPLY.

West bound to Utah. Exploration ho!!!