Historic, but run-down hotel

It was fun to stay at the Hotel Eklund in Clayton, NM. Clayton is a tiny town that sat on the Goodnight-Loving cattle trail in the late 19th century. This was the trail where Texas Rangers Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving hustled cattle from Texas to Colorado, which inspired Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" series of novels. The hotel dates back to those glory years of the cattle trail. Unfortunately, both the town of Clayton and the hotel have lost much of their former glory. The history and the people at the hotel are very nice. The hotel itself, however, is fairly rundown. But again, they were very nice to us and our pups.

Jul. 14, 2022