There is also the Valley of Fires State Park relatively nearby. No showers but flush toilets and pretty nice campsites. The New Mexico State Parks home page is www.emnrd.state.nm.us/nmparks/. I think they have a link to the park. I might be interested if I can get Peewee running by then. Chaz '82 Westy "Peewee" Brownfield, Texas P.S. I live less then 300 miles from there and I can provide information about how to get there, etc. -----Original Message----- From: Blaine Bachman <Blbachman@AOL.COM> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 5:36 PM Subject: Re: transporters by the...?
>Actually, you can't camp out on the range. It's only open to the public >during daylight hours on those two weekends. There are two visitation/travel >options: > >1. You can access the site from the north (US highway 60 if I remember >correctly) during the daylight hours. It's probably about a half-hour drive >in from the highway. > >2. You can caravan in/out with military escort (sort of a wagon train) from >the south end - this is about a 75 mile trip each way. > >Of course, you can do both, travelling from north to south or vice versa. > >There's a wildlife refuge near the north end - October is often a good time to >catch migrating birds. I'm sure that there's camping nearby as well. |
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