Las Cruces Weekend

We’re starting to explore the area around El Paso. Another part of the “market” at least in a broadcast TV sense is Las Cruces, New Mexico. Las Cruses is a great little town only about an hour away and among other things, we share TV stations. They even have a Holiday Retirement Corporation community [we spent the night]. The best part… they have a small but enjoyable wine country.

We couldn’t help try some…
















There happened to be an art & wine festival at one of the vineyards. Of course we had to check it out, but as usual MB most enjoyed the… shopping!
















Nearby is a little town called Mesilla. They’ve kept it just like it was in the days of the old west [assuming they used asphalt for the streets in the 1850's].





















Their claim to fame is that Mesilla was the state capital of Arizona AND New Mexico in that era and as such the court house was there. Billy the Kid was tried and sentenced to hang. And to commemorate the auspicious event they’ve turned in into… a gift shop.




















And how do you end a great weekend of wine tasting, touring and relaxing? By shopping at the outlet mall