# Las Cruces/El Paso area Dopers: Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756 "2007-02-26T19:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756/1 "2007-02-26T19:33:32Z")
I am about engage my favorite pastime and embark on another short trip. This time out I will be going to Las Cruces during Spring Break to visit my sis, BIL, and nieces. I will be flying into ELP on March 10 and leaving for home on March 18. I always enjoy meeting Dopers face-to-face when I travel, if the opportunity allows. So what say you? As of now my schedule is wide open. I plan on doing the White Sands thing, as well as Gila Cliff Dwellings, but nothing set in stone yet. Who is in that area of the country? Let’s meet! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756/2 "2007-02-26T20:28:30Z")
**Asterion** and **Dag Otto** are both in LC. I’ve mini-Dope Fested with **Dag Otto** in Vegas and can vouch for him, now that **Asterion** character 😛 (Just kidding, I played poker online with both almost weekly for a couple of years). ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756/3 "2007-02-26T23:32:11Z")
I’m in LC, too. Scheduling might be a problem. I work graveyard shift Tuesday night through Saturday night. Also, I will probably be busy with some family stuff during the week you are here. But, it’s worth a try. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756/4 "2007-02-27T06:12:00Z")
St. Paddy’s day? I have a wedding in Vegas (NV), or I’d probably end up down there myself. The first weekend of spring break, though? I might be about an hour from White Sands. T or C has some pretty nice hot springs. I don’t know many details, but I’ll probably be about an hour away from there. I’ll subscribe to this thread, let me know what you guys decide. ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756/5 "2007-03-05T13:35:56Z")
Just giving this a bump in hopes of generating more responses. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756/6 "2007-03-05T13:53:04Z")
A few years too late for me. Still got lots of stuff sitting in my parents’ house in El Paso, but I’m currently parked in the cornfields. I’d be there if I were around. ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756/7 "2007-03-08T19:18:05Z")
One final bump, then I will let this thread die a noble death. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-cruces-el-paso-area-dopers-dopefest/393756/8 "2007-03-08T20:14:15Z")
I’m so envious. I wish I were a Las Cruces area Doper! Someday. (I didn’t know there were so many Dopers there. My sister used to live there and I fell in love with New Mexico while visiting her.)