YOU CAN PLAN YOUR PLANS

Well you can plan your plans but not the outcome.  Our intentions were to spend an evening in he Organ Needles Mountains (BLM~Bureau of Land Management) as suggested by my buddy, but the Agrire Springs Loop, the road that would have taken us there, has a sign posted saying, "Not recommenced for vehicles over 23 foot."  That put us 7 foot over safe limit, so back into Las Cruces, NM and a spot at an in-town RV park.

After two days in the solitude of the Franklin Mountains a strip mall parking lot, during Christmas shopping rush, is a very rude awakening.  And, with virtually no places to park out of the way with this big rig, I squeezed into a regular car lot taking up two spaces.  To get out we had to back the rig from the space.  Jackie has become an expert at hand signals and guided me out of the space without leaving any paint behind.

Las Cruces is a warmed-over, cleaned-up, El Paso, TX.  It seems that the social-economic divide leaves the have-nots on the border and sends the more advantaged north to Las Cruces. 

The Organ Needle Mountains, from 20 miles, in Las Cruces, NM

A sign inside an outdoor bus waiting shelter.  No bums allowed?

Hey, it's the city, keep it quiet, eh?

Do not throw the baby out with the bath water.