On our way to Silver City, my sister took us to see the White Sands National Monument.
Incredible cactus!
This is Yucca, New Mexico's state flower.
You can see why they call it "White Sands. It is actually not sand, but gypsum which was on the bottom of a dry inland lake. The winds blow the gypsum into huge dunes of white.
Lots of history to read about here....
Uh oh......I don't like the looks of this....
Ted shows off, trying to convince me that this is a piece of cake.....
I prefer horseback.....why did I let them convince me to do this??!!
I swear she has NO fear! She is even smiling! And she waxed the sled to make it go faster!
on the road again--on to Silver City. Look at that range of mountains!
To Silver City and Marc and Susan's