New Mexico

After leaving the El Paso area, we headed for our first destination stop in New Mexico; Rockhound State Park, in the Little Florida Mountains, southeast of Deming, NM. Rockhound is the polar opposite of Heuco Tanks! Not only are you encouraged to roam through the park, but are also allowed to remove natural objects (rocks; up to a 15 pound limit). The two semi precious gems visitors are most likely to prospect for are Jasper and Perlite. Since Mark and I aren’t “rockhounds”, we just hiked the park’s trails and visited a neighboring hot springs. We were glad we had taken advantage of the 108° soaking pools at Faywood Hot Springs, when we woke up, on our second morning at the park, to a snowstorm in the desert! So beautiful!