Road trip to Old Mesilla

We took off early this morning for the bottom of New Mexico. We went to a little village just west of Las Cruces called La Mesilla. The village still has its original adobe structures, small streets, and square. There are shops around the square that have everything you could want in every price range. I got some nice shirts, Pat got some stuff for her Dias de los Muertos collection, and we ate at La Posta. La Posta is in its original building which was built in the late 1800's. The food was good and we left full. We finished our stroll around the square, and decided it was time for the 90 minute ttrip back up hill.

On the way back we went over to see the City of the Rocks state park. It would have been more interesting if it hadn't been 105 and no shade. Jim and I sent the women out of the truck to take the pictures. When they got back in we took a vote about the $5 park fee if we wanted to get closer and walk around. We made a U-turn and came back to the park where it was 10 degrees cooler.

Tomorrow we go to see the reason Pat & I came back here. The Gila Mountain Cliff Dwellings. I'm going to let Pat make tomorrow's post