No Gambling in Las Vegas After Wrong Turn in Albuquerque

 I saw that which you see here, on Facebook, and it brought to mind a moment on a roadtrip, way back in the 1980s.

Heading south, from Colorado, on what was then State Highway 85. which has since been upgraded to freeway status as Interstate 25, my travel companion had fallen asleep at some point after leaving Colorado.

And then woke up as Highway 85 reached Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Upon seeing the signage indicating what town we were in, my travel companion instantly verbalized confusion, wondering why he was seeing no casinos.

I assumed my travel companions was joking. I was erroneous in this assumption. 

I think I said something like we are a few miles from the Las Vegas strip, on the outskirts of town, hence seeing no casinos.

I do not recollect at what point my travel companion realized we were not in Nevada.

I do remember, when my travel companion eventually got location oriented, me asking how it could be thought we could possibly have gotten from Colorado, to Las Vegas, Nevada, in such a short time frame.

Anyway, I was pleased to see, via Facebook, that Las Vegas, New Mexico has cleverly opted to make clear to the town's visitors, with the town's new entry signage, that the visitor is entering Las Vegas, New Mexico, a gambling free zone.

Even though New Mexico does have casinos on many of the state's Native American tribal lands...