We spent two nights in Las Cruces so as to be able to spend an entire day exploring the city, which was new to both of us. The hotel was a modern Holiday Inn Express which was crammed full of high school sports teams for the weekend. They put us right over the entrance so we heard the door opening and closing all night. Nevertheless the next day was spectacular. We went downtown in the morning to see the weekend street market on Main Street. The biggest prize there was discovering a fabulous used book store, COAS Books, which had one of the best science sections I have seen in years, no doubt helped by the presence of New Mexico State University in town. I picked up a number of treasures. In the afternoon we headed over to the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, which was a terrific experience. Indoors was a wonderful exhibit on the nearby White Sands Missile Range, going through the history of rocketry. Outside we got a tour of the livestock and the vintage farm equipment. I could only think how much labor has been saved by the devices which have invented to cultivate and harvest crops. They also had one of the best explanatory exhibits about dairy products I have ever seen. We found Las Cruces to be relaxed and accessible. By the end of the first day, I was almost ready to move there.
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