New Mexico

Welcome to New Mexico! It is a beautiful place and we have enjoyed ourselves the past week. 

They say it is "The Land of Enchantment" and it sure has been for us. Not too hot either, so that made it very nice to sit outside and enjoy. We stayed overnight at a KOA in Lordsburg and then the next day went to see a Ghost Town and took a tour before arriving in Las Cruses. Shakespeare, New Mexico has a lot of history and was a booming town in the 1850's. Miners found silver and copper in the mines. There was also scandal when a few businessmen took some diamonds and "seeded" some mines for men to fine, tricking them into thinking diamonds were in the mines, but they would only find a few and were cheated out of their money. It was a fun tour, and the day was also beautiful!

Was built in 1850 and used as a home for different families over the years.

Beautiful skies! Love those clouds.

We were able to bring Gus with us and boy did he sleep well on the way to Las Cruses.

We arrived in Las Cruses around 2:00 and started our set-up for the week. Once again, the ground was hard, and hubby was able to only put our flags out. It was Halloween night, I had candy, but only a few kids were dressed up. So, they got a handful of candy, they were happy.

Our site.

I love looking at those mountains in the background.

Thursday was an amazing day; we drove almost an hour to White Sands National Park. The sand is beautiful and cool, not hot like at the beach. It was fun to see people climbing the hills and sliding down them on little plastic circle sleds. I was able to video tape one lady, it was fun to watch her. "A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them." Proverbs 27:3 (NASB)

On our way to White Sands.

This was funny, it looks like he is on top of the tour bus, but he is really on a mountain of white sand.

Our truck in the distance.

Hubby and I in a sea of white sand.

Fun fact: The Why of White Sands, gypsum from an ancient sea. When the Permian Sea retreated, it left behind deep layer of gypsum. Mountains rose and carried the gypsum high. Later, water from melting glaciers dissolved the mineral and returned it to the basin. Today, rain and snow continue the process. For thousands of years in shallow lakes, wind and sun have separated the water from the gypsum and formed selenite crystals. Wind and water break down the crystals making them smaller and smaller until they are sand. Steady, strong southwest winds keep gypsum sand moving, piling it up and pushing dunes into various shapes and sizes.
 
After we were done with the beautiful sand we went to a "Road Food" book restaurant, Nopalito. It was delicious. We enjoyed the food very much as well as the servers. Nopalito means little cactus, hubby made a funny comment that none of the menu had any cactus to eat. 

I have a confession; I didn't do my homework on the states of Arizona or New Mexico. I will catch you up on what those states have as far as their state bird, tree, flower and motto next week.

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