I hope to someday make trips like you have. This adventure was not in the 300tdi, although i will repeat it with that one. The 300tdi has seen a lot of the forest but not the desert so far. One thing that drew me to this area is there is a lot of desert, forest, and elevation variation in a relatively small area. There are very many challenging forestry service roads.
Yes, west over Alamogordo. It is the spot that we were told has a great view for the fireworks show the space history museum does. For a relatively small town, 40,000 ish, it is a very impressive fireworks show. We have for years watched from down low in Alamogordo. It will be really cool to watch from there. I wish I had checked it out before the 4th this year but now I know for next year.
There are a whole lot of either retired or active duty Air Force families that live around us. There are also a number of private contractors that work for the missile range as well as the Air Force base. They make great neighbors. The guy that did all the stone work on our cabin does it as a side job. He works on the test skids / tracks at the missle range as his full time job. If he can build things that require the precision of a missile I figured he was more than capable of working with stone. Contractors / skilled tradespeople, regardless of the type, are very hit or miss here. It’s really nice when you find someone that really knows what they are doing and are affordable. It was a great idea to make friends with the staff at 84 lumber. They referred me to two really great people, the stone guy being one of them.
