Above and below are images of the grand Blue Swallow Motel; short listed in the book "1001 Places to See Before You Die," and thus dutifully crossed of my list. The rest of Tucumcari, NM remains somewhat unknown to us, although the woman working at the Circle K (beer) was quite friendly. The owner of the Motel was a talkative fellow. He worked many years for Shell Oil (for the money) and then bought this place. We met a mother-daughter duo from Kentucky. They shared their supreme pizza with us, and I tried some famous Ginger Ale from their neck of the woods. Mostly, we just sat on a wooden swing and wrote postcards.