Barb - We spent the day in rainy Las Cruces, which is an unusual event for this time of year. We went downtown to the local Farmer's Market but found that most vendors were packing up by mid-morning because of the weather. We did buy a couple of items but would have like to have strolled through to see local artisans that are usually there. We did see sacks of the Hatch green chiles that are well known here! Upon arriving back at the RV, we trekked through the rain to catch up on laundry and were able to pick up the Iowa State/Kansas State game on Sirius radio - which didn't come out in Iowa State's favor - 24 to 23, with K State scoring during the last minute. Greg and some fraternity brothers had driven to KC for the game, so I'm sure they and all ISU fans were disappointed, but the Cyclones got to play at Arrowhead Stadium (KC Chiefs' home) so that had to be fun.
Back to us - in the late afternoon, Bess was our local tour guide and showed us many areas of Las Cruces. We enjoyed seeing her neighborhood, New Mexico State campus, and the Southwest-style housing. We briefly visited a Farm and Ranch Museum where they had some neat cactus gardens (along with the antique John Deere tractors in the front yard!)
Ed - The town is nice and appears to be well laid-out. The city is growing to the north and east with many new homes, businesses and shopping malls. The housing developments around here are all built using adobe style house plans - flat roofs and various tones of light brown paint. There is no (or little) grass around the homes which are mostly landscaped using colored rock. I think we might look into what it would cost to come back here sometime this winter. There appears to be a lot of things to do in the area.
No comments:
Post a Comment