(Roswell NM) I was dry camped next to the trail head for Bluff Trail, so it was an easy choice. It starts on the north side of Lea Lake and goes a mile to Pasture Lake. A nice wide flat trail, with a rest shelter and bench about every quarter mile, is a favorite of […]
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Bottomless Lakes
(Roswell NM) East of town on US-380, and down a side road, takes you to Bottomless Lakes SP with eight small lakes spread along a three mile stretch. These are sink holes that turned into small lakes along a limestone bluff. The RV campground is 2 miles from the Visitor Center, and next to spring […]
Hubbard Museum
(Ruidoso NM) My travels took me up into the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico and through the Mescalero Apache Reservation. In the shadows of 11,977 ft Sierra Blanca Peak, I stopped to visit the Hubbard Museum of the American West. What a wonderful find! I was greeted by several huge sculptures of horses scattered on […]