jayne1973

We are spending the first night of our July road trip in Trinidad, Colorado after a 500--plus mile drive from Dallas. We will get there in the afternoon and would like to know if there is anything really fun or relaxing to do. Not interested in museums this time. It looks like they have a neat historic downtown. Is there anything special to see in that area? Also good restaurant suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks so much!

Connie

We've done that drive many times. It's going to take you around 11 hours to get there so I don't know how you are going to get there in the afternoon unless you leave really early. You are going to be pretty tired--at least we always are.

jayne1973

We do get up really early and of course we gain an hour once we hit New Mexico.

Now I am concerned about the fires that have Raton Pass closed...

DebitNM

There is presently a detour that adds 90 minutes to drive time, but you can still get to Trinidad. What the conditions will be like in July is anyone's guess. It is pretty bad here right now, in addition to the one near Raton, there is one in the south of the state and the AZ fires is trying hard to cross into the state.

jayne1973

Thanks for that info on the detour time, Debit. So weird about the fires. Here in Texas we had our share of wildfires this spring and know how dangerous it is. They say when it is so dry like this you shouldn't even pull your car over on dry grass because a hot catalytic converter could ignite a grass fire.

bigtyke

I25 is now open between Raton NM and Trinidad CO after being closed for a couple of days due to the Track Fire

DebitNM

That is correct bigtyke, but there are still some exits/entrances to the interstate that are not yet open.

jayne1973

Thanks again for the help. We leave June 30 so hopefully NM will have some relief by then!

bigtyke

We drove thru Raton Pass on Monday and everything was ok.

Connie

Good to know. Thanks

jayne1973

Yes, thanks for letting everyone know. One less thing to worry about!