Organ Mountains
White Sands
Missile Range
La Mesilla
Dec.8th
Thunder,lightning,heavy rain and high winds 40-50 mph hit the area around 10 am and lasted all day. It snowed on the high mountains. Imagine snow this far south!
We decided we would compose our Christmas letter and send it out by E-mail (Christmas cards to non computer people.) Good day to do it--not fit to be outside!
Thunder,lightning,heavy rain and high winds 40-50 mph hit the area around 10 am and lasted all day. It snowed on the high mountains. Imagine snow this far south!
We decided we would compose our Christmas letter and send it out by E-mail (Christmas cards to non computer people.) Good day to do it--not fit to be outside!
Dec. 9th
High winds during the night but eased off by morning. High of 50 Deg. today
We drove about 60 miles through the Organ Mountains north east of Las Cruces,across the Chihuahuan Desert to the White Sands National Monument in the Tularosa Basin. The White Sands area is 250 square miles of pure white gypsum sand--the largest gypsum dune field in the world. We drove 16 miles on a designated road through the dunes and had a picnic. It was neat to walk on the shifting dunes. What a miracle of nature!
As we drove back to Las Cruces we stopped at the White Sands Missile Museum. The missile range is the largest overland missile testing site in the US (first atomic bomb was exploded here).
Seven miles east of Las Cruces we browsed around the historic adobe village of La Mesilla. I wish we had more time to browse and shop.
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