New Campsite for Thanksgiving....

(  Writing this from Pancho Villa in Columbus,  New Mexico on  December 29.  
Went to El Paso, Texas today for a One-To-One class at the Apple Store; had a very good teacher! )

Entering the city of Deming, New Mexico for the first time on November 25,  we were very impressed with how clean a town it is and with all the old refurbished buildings in the downtown.

Downtown Deming.

We would be coming back here often, but first we needed to set up camp.   Driving to Rockhound State Park, about fifteen miles outside of town, we passed beautiful farms, orchards, ranches and open range land.

As we approached the campground, the Florida Mountain Range provides a stunning background for the many trails, the unique visitors center and the campsites.

We were lucky enough to get the last available campsite with electricity.  We set up camp and went to the center to pay the $4/night electric fee for our two week stay,
from November 25 (two days before Thanksgiving) until December 8.

At our site, Cow's Tongue Cactus...

....Soaptree Yucca and Ocotillo.

Another part of Rockhound is the Spring Canyon Recreation Day Use Area just two miles west of the park enterance but up a very steep elevation.  We drove up there but it wasn't open that day, we think it has restricted hours in the off season.  I did get some cool pictures from up there of our campground below.

The little white dots in the middle of the picture our our campsites.

A cool balancing rock on the ridge.

Then back down to camp for a New Mexico sunset !!!

Good Night All.   Love You Mom !!!