First stop today was the White Sands National Monument,
about 25 miles southwest of Alamagordo, NM. What a fun place! Huge, pure white
sand dunes with remarkably fine sand. A favorite thing to do is to buy a glider
at the visitor center and slide down the slopes! We found literally hundreds of
school kids on a field trip doing just that! (We passed!) The weather was warm
enough, but cloudy and pretty windy.
From there, we went back to Alamagordo and visited the National
Space History/Hall of Fame Museum. It was OK, but not great. Struck us as
pretty out of date - stuff has happened in the last ten years that wasn't
there.
Then we headed north up Rt 54 to Tularosa where they grow lots
of pistacios and pecans. We stopped at the famous McGinn's Pistacioland for
interesting food souvenirs....and the world's largest pistacio!
Then we headed up I25 toward Albuquerque, took a scenic
route detour around it, and ended up in Grants, NM. By late afternoon the wind
was howling and we had to deal with dust storms. But, it was 78 degrees!
Painfully slow internet at this Days Inn....and a forgettable dinner.
Tomorrow, Flagstaff and Grand Canyon.
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