We made it as far as Las Cruces, NM by 4 p.m. yesterday.
Rather than go to Albuquerque and drop south on the interstate highway, we took a shortcut from Amarillo that another RVer told us about. It was on state roads, mostly two-lane but with very little traffic that took us through Corizozo and Alamogordo, NM. The wind was pretty fierce for about 75 miles. Otherwise it was a nice scenic drive. We drove through the White Sands National Monument area. We didn't go through the museum, so I didn't learn much about the area except from the brochure--the Monument is a humongous sea of glistening white gypsum. It's one of the Natural Wonders of the World and spans almost 300 square miles. Lake Lucero (about 17 miles from the museum) is the source of the white sand. Their brochure said you could buy a snow disk and slide the dunes if you wanted to!
Alamogordo is also home to Holloman AFB and the Missile Range Museum where there are more than 50 rockets and missiles that were tested there on display. Again, according to the brochure, the White Sands Missile Range marks Ground Zero where the first A-bomb was detonated--called the Trinity Site--the site is only open to the public two days a year!
We arrived in Las Cruces about 4 p.m. local time. The temp was 72!!!! The Hacienda RV park is beautiful--it's not full right now so there is plenty of space between coaches, with privacy fences and areas for tables and chairs outside. They give out doggie welcome packets containing a poopie bag and cookie, plus instructions on canine etiquette in the park. Their dog run is a huge fenced area at one end of the park with pea-gravel surface and plenty of small trees and motion lights for night runs. Las Cruces looks like a nice place to stay for a few days. Maybe another time. We're having the coach's exterior washed this morning to get all the winter salt, grit and grime off. Then we'll be heading for Tucson.
Still learning the routines, but no major issues to contend with lately. Everything seems to operate better in warm weather.
And I haven't yet figured out how to post pics directly into this blog. They are all on the Picasa site I listed below --check there for the complete album. You'll just have to find the last photo you saw and go from there. If link doesn't work, just cut & paste.
Later, C&C
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