Barb - I'm having a hard time making sure I type NM instead of MN for New Mexico - it's either familiarity with Minnesota or the occasional glass of wine... Today we did an average road day, but spent some quality time at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo. We had tried to visit 13 years ago when we were in southern New Mexico, but the gates were closed and we couldn't drive the loop road. Today we did fine. The road is about 16 miles round trip from the Visitor Center (where we first watched the informative video) and we were sure we'd been transplanted back to Iowa with snowy icy roads - but it was finely ground gypsum! It's very different from the surrounding countryside and the gypsum/sand is very white. We moved on to Roswell, where they host the annual UFO/Aliens "thing" each July, but today happens to be the first day of the Eastern New Mexico State Fair - in Roswell. We did secure an RV site so are just relaxing, though the wind is gusty today. Will arise early tomorrow and see how far we go!
Ed - Today was uphill almost all of the way to Roswell, via the road to Ruidoso, a horse-racing and ski resort area. The RV surged along at the high rate of 40 miles per hour - except when we went slower. The 200-mile drive took almost 6 hours but we did stop a couple of times. The highway was 4-lane, divided all the way, which was helpful when going so slowly. The wind came up after lunch and had gusts in the 30 to 40 mph range. I guess I am getting used to that since the wind did not seem to bother me as much today.
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