Slideshow Index: Southern New Mexico

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• Interstate 10 in New Mexico
• Approaching Las Cruces, NM
• Chemistry Building in New Mexico State University
• Campus building
• NMSU view
• Church in the Mesilla (hispanic) section of Las Cruces
• The Plaza in Mesilla
• Lots of Galleries, shops, and restaurants
• Nice view through the entryway
• The bandstand
• An overview of the Plaza
• Billy the Kid has a lot of presence in New Mexico
• Former courthouse dating from 1850
• Kathy at La Posta, a former inn
• Some famous folk stayed here
• At White Sands National Monument
• Kathy and our van at one of the white sand dunes
• Panoramic shot of the dunes
• The dunes are made of white gypsum sand
• Some of the dunes are sixty feet high
• A closeup of the sand
• The park is east of Las Cruces and near Alamagordo
• It looks like you are driving on snow and ice
• People rent pan sleds and slide down the hills
• Some of the families doing sled runs
• It was hot that day too
• Looking towards the mountains and Alamagordo
• Naturally, you have to bury your sister in the sand
• We stopped the check out the famous quarter horse race track
• In between Ruidoso and Roswell
• Kathy's photos - Alamagordo Border Patrol Checkpoint
• Entrance to White Sands National Monument
• Sand drifts instead of snow drifts
• Desolate country
• The roads were clear at first
• Then they looked more like snow and ice
• Towards the north end of the park
• Not a place you would want to live
• Heading towards Ruidoso in the mountains
• It's a resort town
• The weather was a lot cooler here
• The race track was closed (open May to September)
• Horses at the Hubbard Museum of the American West in Ruidoso
• The horse sculptures are really good
• Three roans
• Entrance to the museum