Category Archives: Alamogordo

Cottonwood

Posted on April 6, 2018 by d4vid

It has taken me way too long to figure this out.  The Alamo means “The Cottonwood.”  Los Alamos means “The Cottonwoods.”  Alamogordo means “Fat Cottonwood.”

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Topology

Posted on April 6, 2018 by d4vid

Coming down the mountain from Cloudcroft, looking back at the Lincoln National Forest.  I always think of New Mexico as a flat desert, but it the north has beautiful pine forested mountains.

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Highway

Posted on April 5, 2018 by d4vid

Coming down the U.S. Route 70 out of the Mescalero Apache Reservation, looking out at the White Sands and the San Andres Mountains beyond.

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