Thanksgiving 05

Last Wednesday Stephanie and I left for Las Cruces, NM for Thanksgiving. We arrived in El Paso around 1:30pm and my brother picked us up. Stephanie got to experience the wonderful drive from El Paso to Las Cruces, including the stinky cow farm on your way into town.


We got lunch and then took a tour of town. We also stopped by "My Bookstore" and I had again brought used books with me. I grabbed a few books and Stephanie grabbed 4 or 5 and cut herself off. Now she knows the true power of My Bookstore.

We drove around town a little more getting the official Las Cruces overview from my dad who stopped and picked Stephanie her first cotten flower. We then went and ate at El Patio, famous for it New Mexican cuisine. I got a burrito covered in Red Chili that I ended up paying for the next 2 days.

On Thanksgiving I played tennis with my dad. We then sat around and watched football and bad movies and had dinner.

On Friday we went to Carlsbad Caverns as it is the coolest thing in NM. I think everyone had a goodtime as the Caverns are just amazing. Later that evening Stephanie had caught a cold which made her feel bad for the rest of the trip.

On Saturday she got enough energy to head out to White Sands which just the two of us headed out to. We didn't spend much time there as the sands are amazing but there isn't anything to do unless you want to slide or jump off dune, or maybe go Jesus and walk into the horizon (I've actually seen two people do this).

The wind had just started to pick up when we decided to leave. We could see the sand getting kicked up. We stopped by the visitor center and as we walked out it was blowing hard. As we drove over the pass we could see the entire Valley was covered in dirt. The wind continued all night keeping me up until 2:30am and went through the next day.

On Sunday we took it easy because it was windy and Stephanie was still feeling bad. We did get breakfast out and I had a breakfast Casadilla with green chili. I normally never eat green chili but they gave it to me and it was ok.

We got back exhausted and glad to be back in our own bed.