Day 81, Sunday, March 18, 2007

55 this morning outside of Alamogordo, NM

I added a little commentary to Saturday's post, so if you already read it, go back for more.

It was a little overcast this morning so the cloud cover probably kept the heat from escaping overnight.

We drove up into the mountains today. Cloudcroft at 9,000 feet and some snow still on the ground. Then on to Ruidoso, Capitan, Lincoln, Hondo, Ruidoso Downs, then back to camp. About 5 hours round trip. We plan to leave tomorrow. Brother Tim called today to give us the official "all the snow has melted" signal to start the trip home. So come morning - we are heading for the barn!

Just another blooming cactus
Alamogordo from the Space Museum with a faint view of the White Sands National Monument in the distance
Side road to the National Forest in Cloudcroft still closed for the "winter". Only 16 miles from our desert campsite at Oliver Lee SP where the temperature is 80!!!
Our last sunset at Oliver Lee
Oliver Lee SP from about 3 miles out. Those are RV's barely visable at the base of the mountain. We are one of them.