I get why Billy the Kid loved New Mexico so much. No matter who you are, in this wide-open state it seems like you can be anyone or do anything, so long as it involves crime.
This was my second time visiting Gallup, which is in the high desert area of New Mexico along the northwest border with Arizona. There's not a lot there, which of course is why I had to go there for work.
Protip 1: If you absolutely have to visit Gallup, do it in the summer
The best thing about Gallup is the weather, especially in the summer. High temperatures usually range in the high 70s to low 80s with lots and lots of sun. It's like San Diego without Ron Burgundy, or the ocean, or the awesome zoo.
What Gallup lacks in attractions, charm and good cuisine, it more than makes up for in Juggalos.
The town is so rife with these clown rapper worshiping jackholes that the newspaper doesn't even have to qualify the term Juggalo any more when it refers to them in a story. Everybody just knows that Juggalos are what can best be described as the unholy demon spawn of a Marilyn Manson groupie and Seth ...