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How do you find the color of sand: white, black, red or black?
How do you find the sand-colored white, black, red or black? You can find three in the sixty miles. White Sands National Monument south of Alamogordo, New Mexico to the Valley of Fire, west of Carrizozo and Tularosa in the middle, you can have in one day.
White Sands National Monument, about fifteen miles southwest of Alamogordo, New Mexico on Route 70, is a sight see. Sand is white because the plaster is in the mountains of San Andres. Rain washes distribution in Lake Lucero, which is located at White Sands Missile Range. Is off-limits for civilians and visits by park rangers regularly. The heat of the day water evaporates from the dry plaster. The wind blows sand and forms of different types of dunes. Wildlife survives in this hostile environment. Most are nocturnal, choosing to remain in hiding during the heat of the day. You can see evidence of movement on the tracks in the sand.
Sixty miles to the north are deposits of black lava in the Valley of Fires Recreation Area. Lava flowing through cracks in the ground in black and Little Pico flowed south between 1,500 and 5,000 years. A path winds through the lava fields nature. For the more adventurous, you can walk on lava flows and even Little Black Peak. Wear sturdy shoes and bring lots of water trails. You are still in the Chihuahuan Desert. The lava covers over 125 square kilometers and reaches a depth of 160 feet. Flora and fauna abound in the lava. Day fees are collected at the door with RV and tent rates. Fees help the Bureau of Land Management to improve facilities in the recreation area.
Carrizozo area is about Billy the Kid and the territory of the distribution of Lincoln County Wars in the 1870s. Before ancient peoples petroglyphs carved into the lava. They are being replaced Mescalero Apaches.
Forty miles south of Carrizozo and seventeen miles north of Tularosa stand covered mounds fifty feet of the many rocks. This site should have had a special significance for religious elders who have lived in the Tularosa Basin. Created more than 21,000 drawings in the rocks. Aura Mask, circles, representations animals, drawings and prints shaman geometric patterns. A round trip of a mile you need for all the petroglyphs. A Trail Guide describes the location eleven different stops along the road. The trail rises to fifty feet and has many stone steps and the earth. The Bureau of Land Management operates Three Rivers Petroglyphs Site. The daily rates for camping fees and help keep this site only.
These engravings were made by a group of Native prehistoric Jornada Mogollon archaeologists call. The petroglyphs were made in different ways. Some have only scratched the patina of rocks. The use of two rocks as a hammer and chisel others have formed. The petroglyphs are very fragile and must be respected. We do not know why they were made. But if you add a form of people's lives. They were very religious and had a close relationship with nature. This is left their magnificent works of art.
Back to Alamogordo. For all the work done at White Sands Missile and Holloman AFB, Alamogordo has a place own museum. Not as elaborate as the space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas, this is the only one. He plunges into the space station, the shuttle and exploration space in honor of the beginning of many men and women who have contributed to the program. The best example is outside the museum. Daisy is decelerating track, which tested the sudden deceleration force G. Fascinating!
About the Author
John and Maggie Pelley are Geriatric Gypsies. Both of us are retired from the rat race of working. We are full-time RVers, who ran away from home. We began our travels on the East Coast and, like the migrating birds, seek the warmth of the seasons. No more shoveling snow in Chicago. We have discovered volunteering with the National Park System. During our travels we have found that each town has a story to tell: some are more interesting than others. Both of us enjoy good listening music as we go. John has a CD he has recorded of Native American flure music. We have learned that RVing has a learning curve. We want to pass on some advice the help others avoid this trecherous curve. Life is an adventure. We are living it to the utmost.
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