FAYWOOD HOT SPRINGS (NM)

TUESDAY - On our way out of the National Monument this morning I just couldn't resist asking Tricia to take a few more photos of the Organ Mountains.

I don't know what it is about seeing these mountains that just makes me smile!

These are the mountain peaks that are just north of Las Cruces.

These are the same mountains you saw in the previous post, only now it's 9:00AM
I'm sure glad this gate wasn't chained with a CLOSED sign on it when we arrived.

Shortly after leaving the National Monument we found ourselves back on the Interstate, only this time we weren't headed south on I-25, nope, this time we were headed west on I-10.

Just 15-miles after we jumped onto I-10 we found ourselves approaching a U.S. Customs and Border Protection check point. We've experienced these check points before when we were previously in New Mexico and Arizona.

As you approach the STOP sign you pass by a bunch of heat sensing cameras on both sides of the road. By the time you get there they already know exactly how many warm bodies you have in your vehicle and if you're "American looking" they just pass you through with a wave.

Everyone must stop for their "inspection" and at this location they even had a separate lane for the commercial truckers.

About 45-minutes later we were approaching the town of Deming, NM where we saw some more of those interesting mountain peaks. Deming is also where we are going to stop at Walmart and purchase enough groceries for the next two weeks.

WEDNESDAY - We don't have much to share about our visit here, suffice it to say we spent quite a bit of time soaking in the hot springs pools found throughout the property.

This is not some fancy resort kind of place, but more of a natural setting with the pools at various temperatures. We found the one that had just the right temperature for us and spent most of our time in the pool closest to our campsite.

We had to "shoehorn" THE POD back into our campsite. Not on easy task!

Here is the short walkway between the campsites and the pool deck.

There are 3 pools in this photo. In the background, up top, is an 8' round pool which was way too hot for us to enjoy. In the middle is the rectangular "medium" hot pool where we spent all our time soaking. In the foreground, partially hidden behind the bench, is a 1-man plunge pool with cooler water in it.

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A LITTLE EXPERIMENT

My Google Stats Page informs me that since we returned from Hawaii earlier this year our average page views has dropped to just 30 views on each of our blogposts. Among those 30 viewers we seldom receive more than 1 or 2 comments.

I get it! I myself seldom comment on blogs I read or YouTube videos I watch. Sometimes I just don't have questions or anything to say to contribute to the conversation.

Here's where the experiment comes in. Just this once I'm asking everyone to leave us a comment in the Facebook Group. If you don't have anything to say then just wish Tricia and I a Happy 14th Wedding Anniversary. See there, now you have something to say.

Thank You all!

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