Best Western Mission Inn Las Cruces

We stayed at Bonnie and Sal's on Saturday and Sunday night. We had a great time, and hope that they will come to Michigan this summer. Bonnie is still the same, we laughed a lot. Salvador is a lot of fun, we drank beer and talked a bunch. They have such a nice house, Salvador has done a lot of work on it.

... m Radka a uvažuju, jestli stojí za to koupit v návštěvnickým středisku tričko s nápisem „I need my space“.

Odtud se vracíme přes Magdalenu na dálnici a pokračujeme na jihovýchod. Někde vpravo od nás míjíme Trinity Site (místo odpalu první atomové bomby v r. 1945) i údolí ohňů (Valley of Fires – lávové pole černých vyvřelin). Jedeme dál až za Alamogordo, kde na nás v pouš ...

... It is one I have never seen before and I have several art books on her stuff. It was beautiful. So much so that I bought a poster of it at the gift shop and am going to take it to Special Treasures when I get back to have it framed.

Left Roswell using an "alternate route" to Cloudcroft that Jack talked me in to. Beautiful back roads right through the middle of the Chihuahuan ...

Today I got my passport at the post office,it took us an hour to sign everything,the lady said in two weeks it would come but I got lucky and got it a week earlier,so mom worked another week then we started are trip first we went to Tuscon then California and then up to the mountains,any way it was fun but not fun getting pushed in with all the luggage next to me and almost hitting me in the head (we were going to Canada but we didn't have time). 

... space flight capabilities to a variety of companies. It will employ 3,500 people and generate $750 million in revenues / year. White Sands National Monument - One of the world's Natural Wonders covering a 300 sq mi area of gypsum dunes. They are 30 ft high glistening white and brilliant - there's no way you can look at them without sunglasses. Surprisingly, the sand is very cold, feels like hourglass sand and will not stick to your bare feet and with a bit of water ...

... was where all the people were hiding. Actually I did not mind waiting because it would have given me some time to check out the tank of piranhas and tease the macaws and toucans they had in the cage. The others were hungry though, so we tried another restaurant in Old Mesilla, Double Eagle restaurant. The Double Eagle occupies a 150 year old hacienda which was once the ...

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This reserve is the biggest reserve of white sand dune in the world, that's very nice, very peaceful, very instructive also coz the presentation flyer teach about the different types of dunes you can see over there and the wild life present.

... mins we had been given the low down on what to visit and where to shop! So, after a quick lunch we found ourselves in the old village of Mesilla, that is now part of the city. Yet another peaceful plaza, sleepy in the late afternoon sunshine. It was here that Billy the Kid was tried, it is very interesting how all these places are linked by the famous names of ...

... me. There are some nice hiking trails in the mountains, if we only had the time to enjoy them on this trip. It's on to the Wyler Aerial Tramway for a 2600 foot ride up to the top of the Ranger Peak 5600 feet about sea level. The views from here are Texas and Mexico. Truly a panoramic moment. But not for those with a fear of heights. A small gift shop is on the pinnacle. Time to head back to the hotel to ...

... for breakfast and we thought we were about ready to leave. But then I (Brian) got tired and fell asleep for a half hour. Eventually, we said our goodbyes and were on the road by 10AM. We drove very slowly and carefully out of Albany. We stopped for lunch, encountered a dust storm and drove about 300 miles before reaching the Carlsbad Caverns. Words can't describe what we saw and the caverns were so immense that our camera could not ...