Is it snow or sand??? White Sands National Monument was an unexpected delight. Huge, endless dunes of pure white gypsum sand. The top photo shows the snow capped mountains we drove through down to the white sands. They second photo shows the plowed road through the sand dunes. In the 3rd photo, people are sledding. It was like taking a beach walk without the beach! The bottom photo is our campground view of Turtleback Mountain in Truth or Consequences. We didn't find any aliens in Roswell but the UFO museum was interesting, believe it or not. Hatch is the chile capital of the country. I bought a five pound bag of frozen green chiles - another good reason to travel in a camper. Also stocked up on lots of dried, ground red & green peppers. We have seen an amazing number of pecan and pistachio trees too. Truth or Consequences is world famous for its mineral hot springs. We are trying the hot springs in our campground tomorrow - I'll let you know how we feel after!
Comments from Eldon: Billy the Kid roamed and committed crimes in this area. Smokey the Bear was born and buried near here. Our campground neighbors in Hatch work in the pepper fields. Very interesting conversation - their English wasn't much better than our Spanish. Harry was the ice breaker - he is bonita to every one. Look it up if you don't know what it means. My phone translator comes in handy. Truth or Consequences, despite its corny name, is interesting. They should have kept their original name of Hot Springs. The Apaches, including Geronimo, soaked here.
Comments from Harry: Every time I go outside, some one wants to pet me. I'm soooooo bonita.
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