# Morning has arrived, New Mexico! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155 "2009-08-21T01:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/1 "2009-08-21T01:35:22Z")
My daughter, who has occasionally posted here as Morning, has gone off to grad school in Las Cruces. She got there and moved into her apartment today, after a short trip with her brother down parts of Route 66. She starts class on Monday. If any of you NM dopers see her, say hi, will you? She’s all on her own for the very first time in her life, with no dorm and 1000 miles from home. Oh, and spare a thought for her mother, who misses her, willya? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/2 "2009-08-21T02:21:16Z")
How appropriate… > **[File:Flag of New Mexico.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg)** > > Original file ‎(SVG file, nominally 1,800 × 1,200 pixels, file size: 441 bytes) > It is from openclipart.org. Cruces is a nice town. Your bambina will be fine 😉 ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/3 "2009-08-21T02:36:18Z")
Oh, she’ll appreciate that link. And thanks for the encouragement. We visited in July and she thought the city and the area was really beautiful. And she’s excited for school, so I’m sure she’ll be okay. It will definitely be an adventure, though, for a while. She’s been taking the step-by-steps toward being on her own, so this is the next one. And she’s been home for this past year, since she didn’t decide to graduate early until it was too late to apply for grad school for last fall, so there’s a space in the house right now. Thank goodness for cell phones and Facebook and IMs and such. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/4 "2009-08-21T02:57:48Z")
I used to live in El Paso and wished I’d lived in Cruces. It’s much nicer up there. I’m sure someone will hip her sooner or later, but she needs to check out Mesilla. > **[Mesilla, New Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesilla,_New_Mexico)** > > Mesilla (also known as La Mesilla and Old Mesilla) is a town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,196 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area. > During the Civil War, Mesilla briefly served as capital of the Confederate Territory of Arizona. > The Mesilla Plaza is a National Historic Landmark. Also, if she has a chance for a roadtrip, I’d vote for Carlsbad Caverns. Heck, you should plan a trip out there so YOU can see that. > **[Carlsbad Caverns National Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_Caverns)** > > Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the visitor center. > The park entrance is located on US Highway 62/180, approximately 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The park has two entries on the National Register of Historic Places: The Cavern... Many also enjoy Ruidoso and Cloudcroft. I’d stay the hell away from Juarez and maybe even El Paso, with all the drug-related crime that’s been going on down there. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/5 "2009-08-21T05:37:57Z")
> [@](#): > > I used to live in El Paso and wished I’d lived in Cruces. It’s much nicer up there. I don’t blame you. El Paso is a shithole. No offense to anyone currently living in that place though, I lurvs ya. 🙂 > [@](#): > > If any of you NM dopers see her, say hi, will you? What’s she look like? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/6 "2009-08-21T20:36:08Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > What’s she look like? 😛 Six feet tall, blonde, pretty, possibly looking a little lost. That should narrow it down some. **lobotomyboy63** , we did visit Mesilla when we were out there, but only had time for lunch. I’m sure that will be one of the first places she goes. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/7 "2009-08-21T20:44:02Z")
One of the most beautiful states to be sure! \_|| =:)= \_|| ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/8 "2009-08-21T20:55:48Z")
Maybe she’ll run into my nephew. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/9 "2009-08-21T22:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Six feet tall, blonde, pretty, possibly looking a little lost. That should narrow it down some. Oh her? I think I saw her at the mall recently! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/10 "2009-08-22T02:59:23Z")
You had a thread a bit back where we all raved about the COAS bookstore, right? Tell me she’s been there already!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/11 "2009-08-22T03:14:51Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > I don’t blame you. El Paso is a shithole. No offense to anyone currently living in that place though, I lurvs ya. 🙂 Yeah, it has so many tumbleweeds etc. A lot of ppl there figure the best thing about it is Juarez. O’course, that’s pretty dangerous now. > [@thirdwarning](#): > > **lobotomyboy63** , we did visit Mesilla when we were out there, but only had time for lunch. I’m sure that will be one of the first places she goes. Thanks. They have, or used to have, a movie theater there. They pulled out most of the regular seats and put in couches and tables etc. and you can buy wine while watching your movie. Also a good place for jewelry, esp if you like silver. One place I always wanted to visit, but never did: [http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North\_America/United\_States\_of\_America/New\_Mexico/Las\_Cruces-835443/Off\_the\_Beaten\_Path-Las\_Cruces-BR-1.html](http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/New_Mexico/Las_Cruces-835443/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Las_Cruces-BR-1.html) ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/12 "2009-08-22T04:46:58Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > You had a thread a bit back where we all raved about the COAS bookstore, right? Tell me she’s been there already!!! 😃 We drove past it when we were out there, but we were pretty caught up in the “find an apartment” thing, so we didn’t get to stop. I was really sad. I’m sure she’ll make that one of her first stops, partly so she can tell me about it. And you can bet I’ll remind her, too. So far, she’s gotten her wireless taken care of, gone to the bank (several times to get something straightened out), and taken her brother to the airport. Tonight she’s sitting on the floor in her apartment. (She doesn’t have chairs yet.) She can start exploring tomorrow. I think class starts Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Morning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morning)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/13 "2009-08-22T04:59:39Z")
Just wanted to pop in and thank everyone for the ideas and thoughts (and for keeping my mama company!)! Tonight is my first night by myself in my apartment here in Las Cruces and it’s exciting, but scary all at the same time! I’m looking forward to checking out the town tomorrow. Any ideas? Suggestions? Oh! And I’ll do my best to check out the Coas bookstore tomorrow. I’ve been relying on my GPS the last couple days, but it’d be lovely if a real person could tell me where it is! Thanks! Psst…Love you, mama! Miss you! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-has-arrived-new-mexico/507155/14 "2009-08-22T05:06:35Z")
I live in Cruces and near the university campus to boot. You are free to send me a private message at any time. I suppose it should also be noted that I’m a male in my 20s. In case that helps sway you one way or another. Also, I have short-ish black hair and a thin build. Love walks on the beach, if we had one. And seriously, love sunset and moon watching. You’ll love those too, just give it a week or so and you’ll see exactly what I mean. NM sunsets and moonlight = Heaven.