Well, here we are in beautiful downtown Artesia, New Mexico. We left Phoenix this morning, and drove pretty leisurely until midafternoon. It rained hard, but not blindingly, about 20 minutes before we got to White Sands. One lightning strike off to the side of the road had just about zero lag time between flash and crash, so it was pretty close. Not close enough to hear the snap of lightning or smell the electricity, though. The weather was clear, hot and humid by the time we got to White Sands, and stayed that way for much of our time in the dunes. It clouded up later and got really comfortable.
After leaving White Sands we drove through Alamogordo into the mountains. That was one of the nicest drives ever. It rained lightly most of the way through the mountains, but once the rain stopped we opened the roof and enjoyed the 60-degree weather.
There were a couple of very-deserted houses falling to ruin along the route today. Whenever I see places like that, windows and doors and roof all missing, I wonder about all the people who lived there once-upon-a-time. What were their dreams? How did they make that place a home? Whatever happened to make it more reasonable to abandon than to dwell there?
Anyway, here we are in Artesia, in a bargain-room motel on the South edge of town. It has doors, windows and a roof. Also a decent bed and a clean bathroom. And free Internet access. We're planning to head south to Carlsbad Caverns in the morning. Afterward we're thinking about going to Roswell to watch fireworks and UFO conspiracy theorists.
Hopefully we'll find another affordable motel with Internet access so I can update tomorrow!
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We made that trip from Ruidoso and Alamogordo a few times in our brief stay in Ruidoso. A very beautiful drive, indeed. Y'all have a great time!
Peace!
Tim
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