A Day at Las Cruces 12-28

Today we went to Las Cruces, trekking across the Tularosa Basin with the White Sands to the north and the missile testing range to the south. We have to climb the divide …to the south are the Organ Mountains and to the north are the San Agustin-San Andres Mountains and we pass through on the San Agustin pass.

Then we start down and can see Jornanda del Muerto (journey of the dead) spread out before us and the city of Las Cruces sprawling at our feet. It is currently the fastest growing city in New Mexico and 11th in the country. It took us about an hour and a half to get there from our place near Tularosa.

We found the AAA office for maps, found a Starbucks for a latte fix, ran into Hobby Lobby for yarn for my grandsons scarves then we checked out a few manufactured home lots, had lunch at a BBQ place (food was pricey, good but served cool to lukewarm…a disappointment) found and ran into the Joannes for a bit more yarn and then back over the mountains.

It was a long day, but we accomplished much and then spent the evening doing more research on the computers…we have a hard time stopping.

This last picture was from Las Cruces of the Organ Mountains.