Cloudcroft, Alamogordo

The first picture is taken from Cloudcroft, elev. 8600 ft, looking to the west. The white area you see in the background is White Sands, NM. That trip will be in the future, I hope. If you look at the satellite view of New Mexico, you will see a white spot in the south central part of the state. That large area is White Sands.

The road from Cloudcroft to Alamogordo falls from 8600+ ft. to 4300 feet in 14 miles, so it's pretty steep. There is a tunnel through the mountains, shown in the picture. It's probably 1/4 mile long. When we leave, we will be headed down this highway, but we have an engine brake on the motor home, also Allison automatic transmission, which Gary will downshift, so there may be some white-knuckling but we pray we'll make it down the hill safely. There is a brief area of construction--with a one lane road! and a flagman but we are planning on leaving here on Aug. 30th, which is a Sunday, and there should be no construction that day.

Alamogordo has a toy train museum, which is shown in the lower pictures. Can you imagine what Uncle Richard would say about that museum. He'd love it. There is also a little train outside for the kiddies to ride.

I always look forward to going to Alamogordo to shop, but look forward to heading back up the mountain to the cooler temperatures. Alamo is hot, dry and dusty!

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