Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
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Afternoon on the rocks, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009
Today I moved down to Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus NM for a few days. I needed to run into Deming for supplies and perhaps more importantly I needed to find a dump station and dump my waste tanks. There is no dump station at City of Rocks. Also, the good internet access I was enjoying at City of Rocks became spotty the last few days. It was time for a change.
Night camp
Site 29 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Verizon cell phone service - good signal
- Verizon EVDO service - good signal
- Go to the Pancho Villa State Park website
- Locate Pancho Villa State Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Norden Bombsight training at Deming NM
During the Second World War, Deming was again the designated location for a training base. This time, the Deming Army Air Base was established east of town to train young airmen in the use of the secret Norden bombsight. The trainees were processed in groups of 500 every 6 weeks, and they flew their missions in the 150 AT-11 Beechcraft trainers, designated the Kansan, each armed with up to 10 practice bombs.