I have a lot of pictures but these are some from just the
past few days.
Here are some from
the old Mesilla area with its old church and adobe buildings with pretty gates and doorways,
to the colorful pots for sale and striking Mexican tiles in a restaurant bathroom.
These are pictures of
a gorgeous sunset from a highpoint just west of town. The colors involved the
whole sky eventually, starting in the sky over the Organ mountains to the east
then overhead and finally off in the horizon to the west.
There are photos from
a hike in the Aguirre Springs campground area on the far side of the Organ
Mountains. We hiked up from a couple hours reaching a high ridge line before
turning back as it would take several more hours to complete the whole loop.
I put in this picture
that became the norm in the evenings and mornings which was lighting the pellet
stove which gives the living room a very cozy feel for reading and watching TV.
All we ever watched was the Olympics, the news from El Paso, or Downton Abbey
on Sunday evening.
There are also some
pictures from our day trip to Emory Pass which is an hour and a half or so to
the NW of Las Cruces and is the site of some old gold mining towns. The pass is
at 8,228 feet and looks to have had forest fires as recently as last year in
parts. One can see far out to the Rio Grande valley in the distance, where dams
and reservoirs save and store all the water for irrigation and drinking, there
is not a drop of water as you drive on a bridge crossing the “river” anymore. Well this has taken way too long to upload this pictures (an hour and a half)so that will be it until we get home next week. We are not ready!!!
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