Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus NM
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Tularosa Basin and White Sands from the line cabin, Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo, New Mexico, February 2, 2008
The view down canyon from the Dog Canyon line cabin
What a neat spot the builders of this little stone cabin chose; a spot perfectly situated to offer its residents a nice view from their front yard down through Dog Canyon to the white sands of the Tularosa Basin below. The trail coming up Dog Canyon drops down off the second bench just to the left of that big rock you see up there on the left, crosses the crick with its supply of fresh water and comes into this little copse from the left.
Sorry about the lousy picture. The lighting from the mid day sun wasn't kind to this neophyte photographer and his total reliance on the camera to take care of these little lighting details. I've got a bit to learn about this photography business.
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
The Bottom Line
...if you’re young, dear God, don’t try to live the way your parents did. You don’t need three bedrooms, although a roof is nice. Get the hell outa Dodge and stir things up. Leave! Adapt! Believe in yourself! Have fun! The bottom line is, do I have shelter and enough to eat. Everything else is optional. EVERYTHING! There are no rules!!! Just keep it simple: get that first bit down, no matter how, and you can get creative with the rest.