Saturday outdoor market in Las Cruces , 7 blocks of venders on the main street. The street gets closed each Saturday for this event
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| Want some fresh Chilies? New Mexico is the Chili capital of the world |
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| Lots of entertaiment, with singers and dancers on every block |
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| This booth was by far the busiest, selling fresh made Kettle Corn |
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| Take note of the sign that was posted |
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| Family run business,husband wife and 2 young adult children |
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| The tariffs are already affecting even this type of business |
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| We did an 8 klm hike to the other side of this mountain to see some prehistoric trackways |
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A mesqite tree in full bloom, there is not much green in the desert in
New Mexico at this time of the year |
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| A view of the valley along the trail. |
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The field of brown trees are pecans .
New Mexico is the largest pecan grownig state in the USA. |
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Las Cruces in the background with a pecan field on the left. The Rio Grande river
runs through this area on its way to Texas. At this time of year it is completely dry.
The water is controlled by the Elephant Butte Dam, which will be opened some
time in April. The river will dry up again in November. |
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| During the dry season they run dune buggys on the river bed. |
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| examples of some prehistoric tracks in the rock |
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This family from Taos in northern New Mexico was camped beside us..
We really enjoyed there friendship and all the local information they shared with us. |
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This outfit from Nebraska was also camped near us. The camper alone was
at least 40 feet long. The funny part was that he was not a skilled driver and
had a heak of a time trying to back it up. |
