Ted. Santa Fe lies 7,200 feet above sea level so the temperature drops noticeably when the sun goes down. Judy and I knew that by the middle of October it would get just a tad cool for us so we had made plans to spend the last three weeks of October about 300 miles south in the town of Las Cruces.
Before we left the northern part of New Mexico we had a few more things to see.
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| Entrance of Museum of Indian Arts & Culture |
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| Courtyard of New Mexico Museum of Art |
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| Segesser hide painting in NM History Museum |
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| Don Pedro de Peralta, founder of Santa Fe |
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| Santuario de Guadalupe |
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| New Mexico state capitol |
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| Aspen hillside |
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| Santuario de Chimayo |
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| Ruined church in Salinas Missions Nat'l Monument |
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| Kiva wall painting Kuaua Pueblo |
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| Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta |
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| Texas Brown Tarantula |
Las Cruces lies in the Rio Grande Valley, about 50 miles from where the states of New Mexico, Texas meet the country of Mexico. The elevation is 3,900 feet and the town is surrounded by the Chihuahuan Desert – the largest desert in North America. Sitting right along the old Camino Real Trail from Santa Fe to Mexico City, we knew there would be a lot more history to learn. We also looked forward to spotting more creatures on our hikes in the desert.
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