Palomas, Mexico

We went down to Palomas, Mexico the other day. It is a very small town south of Deming, NM and the only place in the town that we went into was the PINK STORE!

It had lots of trinkets and mexican items for sale as well as some liquor and a nice restaurant. We decided to try the restaurant. Barbara made a fau pax and ordered a water to drink. They brought her a glass of water and I asked her if she really wanted to drink it and the lights went off in her head and she asked the waiter for a coke!

The food was really good and we enjoyed it a lot. They even had live entertainment for us!
This picture of the inside of the restaurant shows the attempt to use all available space to show the customers the items they have for sale.







Not a lot of activity on the streets of the town while we were there. Other than the store we went into the rest of the area was seedy to say the least.








They have a statue of Poncho Villa in the main square of the town.

Palomas is directly south of Columbus, NM which was invaded by Villa in 1916 and many were killed. This caused the Americans to send Black Jack Pershing on the "Punitive Expedition" against the Mexicans. That expedition was the first to use motor vehicles and airplanes by the army in an operation.

Even with all of this equipment, the Americans never got close to Pancho Villa and his men.

The Museum at Columbus, NM has a lot of items from that era on display and was a real delight to go through.