Hello Everyone...
First,some comments those who were amused by the Rockband2 photo that sneaked in.. Last Monday night the four of us, Marc, his wife Jess, Jeannine, and I played rockband2 on the Wii. Jeannine and I concentrated on two songs, "Eye of the Tiger", and "I Wish I Could Have Been a Cowboy" by Toby Keith.. That's Jess, our daughter (in law) who jumped in as lead singer on "I wish I could have been a Cowboy"... It's quite an intense game, and the Nintendo gives you a grade at the end of each song.... It was a really fun evening. Marc says they sometime have Rockband2 parties and they are a blast!!!..
Now our trip south....
Friday morning we left Espanola, NM and jumped on I-25 to go around Santa Fe and and Albuquerque. We jumped off I-25 at Los Lunas and started down back roads to check out some Pueblo ruins and White Sands Missile Range.......where the first A-Bomb was detonated, and today where they test missiles, stealth bombers and fighters, other stuff, and have a landing field for the space shuttle. Check out where Roswell is compared to White Sands. It all fits.
We saw some beautiful Pueblo ruins, and the descent from the Rockies to a mere 5000 ft and being further south meant some much warmer weather....,Finally we could wear our shorts.. Venturing east of I-25 leads you into a very desert landscape.. We arrived in Mountainair, NM, expecting a small metropolis based on the information on the state map. We found a gas station and a few houses and a hotel for sale.. We often had stretches of 50 to 75 or more miles where we didn't see a single person, nor a single car... I didn't check for cell phone service, but I imagine one could be out there quite a while with a flat tire. After a long ride we pulled in to the town of Alamogordo. This is on the eastern/southern part of White Sands and there are a lot of Air Force guys in town.
This morning we went to the White Sands National Monument, which is on route 70, the only road that goes through the White Sands Proving Ground.. The sand is really white, almost blindingly white like snow. The sand is also quite heavy, a gypsum, so it does not blow around in dust storms like some sands. Also, since White Sands is surrounded by mountains, the scant rainfall cannot run off, so it forms shallow lakes which then dry up.
Tomorrow we register for music camp!!
Harris and Jeannine
First,some comments those who were amused by the Rockband2 photo that sneaked in.. Last Monday night the four of us, Marc, his wife Jess, Jeannine, and I played rockband2 on the Wii. Jeannine and I concentrated on two songs, "Eye of the Tiger", and "I Wish I Could Have Been a Cowboy" by Toby Keith.. That's Jess, our daughter (in law) who jumped in as lead singer on "I wish I could have been a Cowboy"... It's quite an intense game, and the Nintendo gives you a grade at the end of each song.... It was a really fun evening. Marc says they sometime have Rockband2 parties and they are a blast!!!..
Now our trip south....
Friday morning we left Espanola, NM and jumped on I-25 to go around Santa Fe and and Albuquerque. We jumped off I-25 at Los Lunas and started down back roads to check out some Pueblo ruins and White Sands Missile Range.......where the first A-Bomb was detonated, and today where they test missiles, stealth bombers and fighters, other stuff, and have a landing field for the space shuttle. Check out where Roswell is compared to White Sands. It all fits.
We saw some beautiful Pueblo ruins, and the descent from the Rockies to a mere 5000 ft and being further south meant some much warmer weather....,Finally we could wear our shorts.. Venturing east of I-25 leads you into a very desert landscape.. We arrived in Mountainair, NM, expecting a small metropolis based on the information on the state map. We found a gas station and a few houses and a hotel for sale.. We often had stretches of 50 to 75 or more miles where we didn't see a single person, nor a single car... I didn't check for cell phone service, but I imagine one could be out there quite a while with a flat tire. After a long ride we pulled in to the town of Alamogordo. This is on the eastern/southern part of White Sands and there are a lot of Air Force guys in town.
This morning we went to the White Sands National Monument, which is on route 70, the only road that goes through the White Sands Proving Ground.. The sand is really white, almost blindingly white like snow. The sand is also quite heavy, a gypsum, so it does not blow around in dust storms like some sands. Also, since White Sands is surrounded by mountains, the scant rainfall cannot run off, so it forms shallow lakes which then dry up.
Tomorrow we register for music camp!!
Harris and Jeannine
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