ST-Texas - Cloudcroft, NM 2009

Cloudcroft 2009 Trip In the truck 06/27/09 - 07/02/09

My wife, Jamie, at the New Mexico border.

A sculpture in Artesia, NM.

We stayed in the Cloudcroft Hotel. We got the only room with a balcony that looks over the Burro Street.

This is downtown Cloudcroft as seen from the balcony of our hotel room.

Jamie was a little cold so she has on her jacket. The highest temperature we had during the four days we stayed there was 70 degrees.

At the horse track at Ruidoso Downs.

Another shot at the horse track.

Photo finish.

Info on how the White Sands were formed.

A tunnel on the way to White Sands area.

On the way to White Sands.

In the distance you can see White Sands.

Me at the Visitor Center.

Our truck at White Sands.

Jamie going barefooted.

An old railroad trestle on the was back up to Cloudcroft.

Where we pulled off the road to look at the railroad trestle.

Information on the railroad.

A garden at the trailhead of several hikes in the area.

Information on the hiking trails.

View along the trail we took.

This is part of the trail we took.

This is the same trestle from the opposite end of the one above.

Info on the trestle.

Along the trail on the way back.

The remnants of another trestle. Originally there were 58 of these on the way from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft. The one we hiked to is being restored and is the only one still somewhat intact.

Now we're down where it is warmer at the entrance to Carlsbad Caverns.

Jamie coming out of the restroom at the bottom of the cavern. The bottom big room is 750 feet below the surface.

An old ladder left by the original cave explorers.

One of the large formations.

More formations.

The is the natural entrance to the cave.

The road below on the way out of the park.