2000 Aug 26-27 Cloudcroft

Weekend road trip to Cloudcroft, New Mexico More than 9,000 feet elevation above sea level, this quaint little village is very cool!

Bear Paws as traffic directional signs on the road instead of the usual Arrow ... oh ya, black bears populate this area and roam the streets too!

So cute, this little black bear (wooden carving) ... and the hummingbird too (this is real!)

Located 9,200 feet above sea level at Sacramento Peak in the Sacramento Mountains, The National Solar Observatory overlooks White Sands Missile Range in the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Richard B Dunn Telescope (1969)

Evans Solar Facility (1952) has 2 telescopes

--- solar flare and sunspot ... from a postcard!

Checked into our Spruce Cabin at The Lodge Resort & Spa at Cloudcroft, New Mexico

Look, our Spruce Cabin and our Jeep Cherokee. I was glad we have the Cherokee for this terrain. Our cabin even have a fireplace ... how cool is that!

Don't know how to start the fire!

Nice woods ... smells great and refreshing!

Sunday brunch at The Lodge before heading back to El Paso, Texas It was a great and fun weekend! I would love to be back again.

Silver Lake

2000 Aug 12-25 We Love El Paso

Our first visit to the Ozaki's Residence to meet our host family, John and Amy Ozaki. They have a beautiful home with a lovely garden where they grow their own sunflowers, eggplants, zucchini, etc.

Aug 17 - Dinner at MAJ Kyung Min-Seok's residence in El Paso, Texas

Aug 19 - Quarterly host family lunch at Bistro, Building 1002, El Paso, Texas

Aug 25 - Class A Inspection at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas

2000 Aug 6 Gila Cliff Dwellings

Visit to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico Groups of nomadic people sought temporary shelter here in the caves of Gila River for thousands of years until people of the Mogollon Culture decided that this would be a good place to call home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised their children in the cliff dwellings for about twenty years, before moving on elsewhere, leaving the walls for us as a glimpse into the past.

 ... "I don't need a ladder"