Alamogordo, United States Travel Blogs

White Sands National Monument
Feb 11, 2009 (9 photos)

I picked up a national parks pass when I visited Canyonlands in Utah.  So I'm doing my best to visit as many as I can on this trip.  White Sands National Monument is a very unique place.  I've visited several parks with dune fields like ...

Boys II Men were once here and now are we!
Mar 10, 2008 (37 photos)

... the chance to make it out here then you have to take a detour to White Sands. We are staying in the small town of Alamogordo, NM.  Here are the pictures of the shady hotel again we are staying at.  At least the price is right, but hopefully our ...

White Sands National Monument is WHITE LIKE SNOW!
Jul 20, 2009 (12 photos)

Today, we went to White Sands National Monumment in Alamogordo, New Mexico.  In the Visitor's Center, I met Ranger Mike.  I became a Junior Ranger - again!  I got a badge and a patch for being a Junior Ranger!  We bought a sledding ...

White Sands
Jul 26, 2007 (5 photos)

Heading south-west from roswell you get to alamogordo. just out of town, there is a turnoff from HW70,  White Sands Nat Monument. That means pay.  3 $.  you see a lot of white sand dunes.  its actually interesting. its plain ...

Phoenix AZ to Alamogordo NM
Mar 29, 2008 (14 photos)

... as a memorial highway in honor of the soldiers who had served in this battle.  As a result we traveled on to Alamogordo for the night, through the White Sands Missile testing range, and will backtrack in the morning to visit the White Sands ...

missile museum, space museum, cloudcroft
Apr 30, 2009 (8 photos)

... able to shake his hand. Oh, the museum is very good too. I took a ride to Cloudcroft which is about 20 miles from Alamogordo and also about a mile higher in elevation. It's a beautiful ride up to Cloudcroft, about 20 degrees cooler also. Tomorrow, I am ...

White sand dunes in temperatures over 100 degrees
Jun 8, 2006 (15 photos)

Okay, we are sadistic. It is still over 100 degrees and we decide to go see the White Sands National Monument. Now this isn't the size of the desert in Namibia, but it is pretty nice because it is all white soft sand. The sunsets can be pretty amazing. ...

alamogordo
Dec 9, 2008

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1028130257&k=55BUXYRRPX4MZA1CT1X2P

Missiles and Space
Aug 8, 2008 (23 photos)

... ; Maybe I can get lucky and get sent on business to Las Cruces during the next expo. P.S.  While driving through Alamogordo, I saw a sign for a Deutsche Schule (German School).  At first I thought it was a curousity, but after further thought, ...

On our way to the earthship!!!!
May 29, 2008 (14 photos)

This message was sent from a T-Mobile wireless phone.

Alamogordo
Oct 6, 2008 (8 photos)

... , past the ski resorts and such delights as the "Inn of the Mountain Gods Hotel and Casino" run by American Indians, to Alamogordo and checked into a motel, things were starting to clear up. So, at the end of the afternoon, we headed back out in the ...

Not in Roswell
Apr 27, 2009

I'm back to civilization and have my blog caught up. As you can see, I didn't make it all the way to Roswell, so the aliens won't get me yet. I am staying here for awhile so I can go to White Sands Missile Museum, White Sands Monument, and other stuff I ...

2300 miles from home
Aug 30, 2007 (11 photos)

Tonight we are in White Sands, New Mexico after a crazy couple of days. Yesterday, I blogged right before the Texas border with Arkansas on our way to Fort Worth. We made it to Fort Worth without much problem. Although, I don't believe I've seen that ...

Beaches in New Mexico?
Mar 21, 2008

The road took us to more desert view, jagged mountains and the cities of Deming and Las Cruces passing by.We arrive to our destination of White Sands National Monument, which is inside the area of White Sands Missile Range. This attraction begins at the ...

New Mexico!
Aug 4, 1982

 After my third assignment, I am ordered to Hollaman AFB, New Mexico. 

White Sands & Valley of Fires
Apr 29, 2009 (9 photos)

... at all, but it has leaves, so it's still alive. (Maybe juniper trees don't have bark anyway. Guess I will look that up.) It was a nice day today. About 85 here in Alamogordo, and only slightly cooler at Valley of Fires because of the higher elevation.

Dia 6 - The Beach (minus the ocean) - White Sands
May 26, 2008 (1 photos)

place holder