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 Pictorial Index: Trips made in Year 2008 |
This index page is a gateway to the many short travels we have undertaken since moving to Las Cruces, New Mexico. These travelogue pages were not compiled so much to inform others, as much as for our own recollection of the trips we have taken. We look forward to re-visiting our trips by viewing these pages often ... not only to enjoy the photo images but the background stories.
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Salinas Pueblo Missions - Gran Quivira 
Salinas Valley, Mountainair, NM .......... [ September 30, 2008 ] The earliest Spanish Mission in NM; explore the Tompira Indfian culture as it confronts the Spanish explorers and missionaries. 
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Salinas Pueblo Missions - Quarai
Salinas Valley, Mountainair, NM .......... [ September 30, 2008 ] See the Spanish structures (mission church) associated with the 17th century Franciscan mission program.
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Salinas Pueblo Missions - Abo
Salinas Valley, Mountainair, NM .......... [ September 30, 2008 ] See the crumbling walls of the "two churches" of Mission San Gregorio de Abo, active from 1622 to 1673.
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Salinas Pueblo Missions - The Story
Salinas Valley, Mountainair, NM .......... [ September 30, 2008 ] Learn about the 3 missions of the Salinas Valley and Estancia Basin in New Mexico. Spanish/Franciscan influence on the indigenous people.
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"The Other Las Vegas" 
Las Vegas, NM .......... [ September 29, 2008 ] Explore historic Las Vegas, along the route of the Santa Fe Trail. See historic buildings on the Plaza and Bridge Strret..
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks
Near Pueblo de Cochiti, NM .......... [ September 29, 2008 ] See the cone-shaped tent rock formations that are the product of volcanic eruptions occuring 6-million years ago.
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Balloon Rally
Balloon Rally 2008, Las Cruces, NM .......... [ January 19, 2008 ] The 16th annual Balloon Rally featuring over 60 balloons. Slide show of on the ground preparations and the mass ascension.
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