New Mexico

Mom and Dad have gone to the Mescalero Apache reservation in New Mexico for a couple of months; Dad will be working in the clinic there.

They flew into Texas and drove to New Mexico. They were stopped at the border--the Texas-New Mexico border--and the car inspected and Dad was asked if he was a citizen. Nice welcome. Then part of the Interstate was closed due to 70mph winds. And the next day there was a sandstorm, except instead of sand it was gypsum dust, blowing in from the direction of Roswell. And the day after that, several inches of snow.