65 and sunny today. We toured Las Cruces this afternoon.
Old Mesilla plaza., town square has historic San Albino catholic church on one side and historic adobe buildings with galleries, shops and restaurants around it. The gazebo in the center of the Old Mesilla plaza. Soldiers raised the US flag in this plaza November 16, 1854 ending border disputes between Mexico and the US
with the signing of the Gadsden Purchase the last major territorial acquisition in the contiguous United States.
Billy the Kid Gift Shop is in a historic building that was the courthouse where Billy the Kid was tried and sentenced to hang. the chocolate shop had local chili pecan bark chocolate. We love chili chocolate so I went in and bought some. Next door in the pecan shop John got green chili pecans, a scarlet macaw in one of the restaurants, saguaro cactus cheese graters. There were two breweries next to each other, Ice Box Brewing and Little Toad creek downtown. The Saturday farmers and crafts market on 7 blocks on Main street. downtown Las Cruces.
The Christmas tree in the square next to palm trees. Beautiful raised pebble artwork in the square in Las Cruces.
We stopped by the Railroad museum in the historic depot. The Organ mountains east of Las Cruces.
The visitors center at Dripping Springs in the Organ mountains. It was too late to hike, but we checked out the trails. Organ Mountains near the Dripping Springs visitors center.
We stopped at the Bosque Brewery for dinner and John had River Walker IPA. The Dona Ana Mountains northwest of Las Cruces.
Sunset over the Dona Ana mountains with the Organ mountains in the background. Las Cruces is surrounded on all sides by mountain ranges all in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks national monument. .
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