48 Hours in Weed, New Mexico.

1. George's dog, Comet likes to drive.

2. A pee break in Lincoln National Forest.

3. A wicked thistle plant with burned out trees in the background.

4. Lots and lots of BIG trees! The Forest Dept. leases land out to ranchers to run their cattle. How do they ever find them when it's time for round up? We saw lots of beautiful cows with babies...they have nice babbling streams and lots of green grass.

5.Bennie is "King of this Rock" on George's property.

6. A view 7 miles outside of Cloudcroft. The elevation drops 1900 ft. in that 7 mile drive. In fact I was kinda PUKEY alot...the roads are all so up and down and this-a-way and that. See that little thin white line way out on the horizon? It's not clouds....it's the White Sands National Park. It's the world's largest gypsum dune field....275 square miles of glistening white sand dunes. I'd like to go there....they have WHITE lizards!

7. Downtown Cloudcroft. Good shopping. Elevation 8600 ft. Population 762. This little village is about 22 miles from George's place...it's a very pretty 45 minute drive. I could live there.

8. Comet loves weeds in Weed.

9. Geno's campfire. There was lizard in the warm ashes from the previous night. See foreground....he found a horseshoe. George's sister, Nancy, takes her horses there from where they live in central Texas when she spends the summer or winter holidays there. She and her husband just finished a cute little temporary cabin. I forgot to take a picture of it. Eventually she and her husband will build a bigger house into the side of their little mountain...or big hill...or whatever ya call it.

10. This is George's trailer. The Faust property is 10 acres. George wants to build his house way up on the top of the afore mentioned mountain/hill. He said sometimes they get a foot or two or snow. While we were there it was in the 70's during the day and 40's at night....loved it!!

We saw deer, cattle, goats, hawks, wild turkeys and horses (one of whom chased George for his ice cream bar! The horses are loose in downtown Weed...population 20....there are cattle guards to keep them sorta rounded up. Weed has a few houses, church and a cafe where we had dinner one night. There were also lots of Weeping Willow, Aspen trees and apple orchards. It's funny to see signs that say "Watch for Snowplows".

It was a four and a half hour drive to Weed. I like Carlsbad and Artesia, New Mexico...I could live there. It was amazing to see the acres and acres and acres of pecan groves.
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I drove 50 miles to the dentist in Kermit today. Then 25 miles over to Monahans to get my glasses fixed and then 40 miles back to Pecos....sigh.