Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM, February 13, 2008
Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus NM is about 30 miles south of Deming NM and just north of the border at Palomas, a popular destination for those looking for inexpensive medical and dental work in Mexico. Or a fine lunch at the Pink Store right over the border.
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
Nights I've camped here
- Friday, January 15, 2010 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM
- Yesterday my friends Kate & Terry invited me along for a sunset photo shoot of the Sandhill Cranes gathering to roost in the shallow ponds along the highway at the north end of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. I've seen the cranes flying between their roosting and feeding grounds down at Percha Dam State Park and at Pancho Villa State Park and I've seen them feeding with the cows here and there but this was my first experience of them roosting. Image: Gathering at the roost, Sandhill Cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 14, 2010.
- Sunday, January 10, 2010 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- I wonder whose project this wonderful cistern is. Image: You Are Drinking Ice - Age Water, Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM, January 10, 2010.
- Saturday, January 9, 2010 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- The weather seems to be colder than usual all over this winter and here is no exception at the moment. Below normal temps (in the 40s) and a breezy wind chill kept most folks inside today. Even the long-eared owls who usually spend the day in the evergreens here found shelter elsewhere. Brrrr.... Image: Hooking Up, Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM, January 8, 2010.
- Friday, January 8, 2010 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- This will be a nice quiet place to take a break from all the traveling of the last couple of weeks and I think I'll stay through the weekend. If I didn't have to be out of the park system for the next New Mexico employee furlough on the 15th I might stay longer. All the parks will be closed the nights of the 14th and 15th and I'll have to find a night camp elsewhere those nights. What a pain. Image: Office, Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM, January 8, 2010.
- Thursday, January 7, 2010 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Today was a day of domestic catching up - doing laundry, stocking up on supplies - and by the time I finished and wandered over to Rockhound State Park I found all the hookup sites spoken for. Rockhound is a popular park and I wasn't surprised to find it full but the much larger Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus NM is nearly empty. I wonder why. Image: Fiber Arts, Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM, February 27, 2009.
- Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Rocks, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 19, 2009.
- Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Alley, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 19, 2009.
- Monday, March 9, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: The rug, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 19, 2009.
- Sunday, March 8, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Listening, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 19, 2009.
- Saturday, March 7, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Sixth Annual Camp Furlong Day Celebrates Cross-Border History March 7 at Pancho Villa State Park. Image: Grumpy, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 19, 2009.
- Friday, March 6, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Rocks in the afternoon, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Thursday, March 5, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Rocks, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Rocks, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Old Yeller, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Monday, March 2, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Late day sun, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Sunday, March 1, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Aarrgg...I caught a cold from that poor suffering kid at the laundromat. Bummer. Image: Passage, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Saturday, February 28, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Sun kissed, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Friday, February 27, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Image: Looking west, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Today I moved down to Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus NM for a few days. Image: Afternoon on the rocks, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 25, 2009.
- Thursday, February 14, 2008 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM
- Last in the series of images of my walk up the Dog Canyon Trail as far as the line cabin and a note about my move to Rockhound State Park today - Image: A view headed down the Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo NM, February 2, 2008.
- Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Another in the series of images of my walk up the Dog Canyon Trail as far as the line cabin and a note that the trail gets steeper above the cabin - Image: Looking up-trail from the line cabin, Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo NM, February 2, 2008.
- Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Another in the series of images of my walk up the Dog Canyon Trail as far as the line cabin - Image: Tularosa Basin and White Sands from the line cabin, Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo NM, February 2, 2008.
- Monday, February 11, 2008 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Continuing the series of images of my walk up the Dog Canyon Trail to the line cabin - Image: Line cabin, Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo NM, February 2, 2008.
- Sunday, February 10, 2008 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Let's talk about my new aluminum curtain rod with leather hangers for LD's bathroom - Image: LD's new bathroom curtain rod, February 12, 2008
- Saturday, February 9, 2008 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
- Here is another in the series of images of my walk up the Dog Canyon Trail, this one of the remains of the line cabin and a note not to change campgrounds on a Saturday - Image: Line cabin from the Second Bench, Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo NM, February 2, 2008.
Writing From the Inside Out
A young writer, if he is unknown, can be at a party and watch what everyone is doing. If he has a marveluos ear for dialog, he can wake up the next morning and remember all that was said and how it was said. He is a bird on a branch. Sees like a bird and writes books that are extraordinarily well observed. But once he is successful, especially if that happens quickly, it's as if the bird were now an emu. It cannot fly. It grows haunches and foreshoulders and a mane: lo and behold, it is a lion. And everyone is looking at the lion, including the birds. But it is a lion with the heart of a bird and the mind of a bird. So there is a terrible period when the transmogrified emu is trying to live like a lion and has little talent for it. Then the beast begins to experiment. When it runs, it now sees other animals scamper. It takes a while - often years - for the writer to get to appreaciate his effect on others, and even longer to begin to understand human beings again. In the old days, he could write about friends, enemies, and strangers by intuition, by induction; now he puts it together by deduction. Of course, he does have more material on which to work his deductions.