Alaska to New Mexico

Life in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. We left Homer, Alaska on June 3rd, 2009, traveling in our van loaded down with everything we need to set up housekeeping in New Mexico. We now own a small house here and are loving life in the sun. If you scroll back far enough, you'll find a complete record of our road trip.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Las Cruces

I mentioned yesterday that we were on our way to Las Cruces for the afternoon. These are the Organ Mountains, seen from town. Cruces, aside from the adobe architecture, could be Anytown, USA: Home Depot, Target, Village Inn and Chili's. We did stop at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Museum and listened to a lecture on Dowsing. Bought some lumber at HD for bookshelves and also bought a bench grinder for shaping rocks. The weather has started to cool a little. It still gets up to close to 100F, but for a shorter period of time in the afternoon. With a breeze and low humidity, anything in the mid-90's or lower seems quite balmy and pleasant.

Here's a pot we bought down in Hatch a couple of days ago at a great Mexican Import shop. It's got some little tiny vines planted inside. We've been collecting seeds wherever we go and starting them to see what comes up. These are some kind of locusty looking vines that will eventually spill out the mouth of the pot and climb the fence.

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