Nomad exploring life wherever I am
So far, 2022 for me has been about visiting local museums that are a bit off the beaten track. No Met or Getty for me. Today’s feature is the Tularosa Basin Museum of History, in the small city of Alamogordo, New Mexico. I’m kind of falling in serious like with museums run mostly by volunteers, where the exhibits are labors of love and the history is a hodge-podge of old odds-and-ends and interesting stories.
… in one post. OK, it’s probably not everything but it probably covers 90% of what I’ve learned over the last 5+ years. And I didn’t even have to write anything, because my fellow (soon-to-be-ex) fulltimer, Laura at Chapter3Travels.com just did a masterful post that covers so much good stuff. I already gave the link to a newbie fulltimer because, yes, it’s THAT good. Just click on the graphic below and it will jump you to her post, bursting with tips, knowledge, and experience. Thanks, Laura!
Way up on a hill on the north end of Alamogordo, you’ll find the New Mexico Museum of Space History. I’ve been to Cape Canaveral, the Smithsonian space museums, and the Seattle Museum of Flight, so I wasn’t sure how this place would compare. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much. Then I stepped into the elevator and suddenly I was in the Space Shuttle!
Every night, as the sun sinks behind the Organ Mountains to the west, I stand still and watch how it lights up this one tree.
New Mexico has state parks in some really beautiful desert locations, making it hard for me to pick a favorite. Rockhound State Park, about 10 miles out of Deming, is probably in my top three so far. Every time I make the final turn towards the campground and see that familiar view ahead, I can’t help but grin.