The highlight of our day: Junk!

April 14, 2014: Truth or Consequences?  How did a town get a name like that?

For years I’ve seen the name Truth or Consequences on the New Mexico map and wondered how this town got its name.  It’s a pretty short story.  Back in 1950, to celebrate their 10^th Anniversary, the TV show Truth or Consequences challenged towns across America to rename their town after the TV show.  The town of Hot Springs, New Mexico did that very thing on March 31, 1950.  The following day, on April 1st, the show was filmed from the newly named Truth or Consequences – or T or C as locals call it. 

You can’t please all the people all the time.   

As a side note, not all citizens were pleased with the new name.  That group of folks seceded from the town and started their own little village, Williamsburg, adjacent to T or C.    

The highlight of our day: Junk!

Both towns, T or C and Williamsburg, are nice little towns.  Well, more like one town with two different names since you can’t tell when you leave one and enter the other – and as we know, they were originally one town.  But, our adventure starts before we reach either of these little burgs.

Just before we exit I-25 to go into town, Jack spots a one-of-a-kind fence.  Get a load of this!

We love unique fences and the creative people behind them.  We hop off the ramp and hang a quick right to backtrack along a road running parallel to the interstate.  Up and down a few perpendicular side roads and we find what we’re looking for. 

Bike tire pump, caulk line, toilet plunger, spade.

A real bull horn, P-trap, leaf rake, coffee pot, HVAC vent pipe.

Muffler for dirt bike, pick axe, decomposing pelvic bone (non-human, I hope), hand water pump, Coke bottle, AC recharge gauges, grate for gas stove.

Posthole digger, boat propeller, spear gun, long bone of something, blue coffee pot.

Metal electrical box, pitch fork, two kerosene lanterns, tractor steering wheel, and an iron.

Fan, bird cage, a child's wagon, and a canning strainer.

Kerosene burner (the bowling ball looking thing), another P-trap, boot, and a blue pot.

Horseshoe, sewing machine, and a tree trimmer.

Isn’t this just fascinating?  I mean, who woulda thunk someone could come with this idea?  And yet, there it is.  It’s a real eye catcher.

Granted, it doesn’t take much to entertain us! 

We have a great time walking the fence line enjoying all the interesting components that make up this fence.  Hope you enjoy it as much as we do.  Until next time – be safe.