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Capulin Volcano, New Mexico

One of our day trips was to Capulin Mountain Volcano National Historic Site.  Mileage wise, it was only about 50 miles: drive time was about 2 hours because the roads were either horrible or you had to go around. One thing we noticed while drive in OK and NM is that there are cattle guards in the middle of a state highway.  Very strange and odd.  We did find a Dairy Queen in Clayton, NM and discovered that many of our favorites are a TX only thing (steak sandwiches and steak fingers).  They are however much better at making mint chocolate chip blizzards than they are at home. To visit Capulin Volcano, you drive up to the parking area and then walk down into the vent..... We all walked down the vent trail.  We saw many pretty flowers, a few native bees, and heard a deer moving in the bushes.  We even had an airplane fly over and it felt like we could almost see the passengers in the windows. The 7877 ft elevation is at the parkin...