Geo: 32.8992, -105.96Our visit to Southwestern New Mexico first included two nights in Alamogordo where we hiked a bit near the little village of Cloudcroft, then the Dog Canyon trail in the Oliver Lee State Park, and, at the end of a busy day, took a ranger led walk over the dunes in White Sands National Monument. Then, after we had traveled to Southeastern Arizona (see next page) we drove to Silver City where we did a little bit of hiking in an old abandoned mining area, called Boston Hills, that had been turned into a "green space". We stayed in an old hotel in the historic downtown area for one night before returning to El Paso on Friday and our flight home on Saturday. I'll include pictures from both of these New Mexico areas below.
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