That's my route every year headed to NM for elk and antelope! We usually spend the night in Dalhart before finishing the trip the next morning to Eagle Nest, Raton or Angel Fire. Tons of antelope on that route.
Required visit: Capulin Volcano....need to do that at least once.
I have never visited. I drive right past it every summer. I think that area where the plains give way to the Rockies is spectacularly beautiful. Especially when it's green.
