Gallup to Las Cruces

After Mesa Verde we decided to spend the night at a Cracker Barrel in Gallup NM. About 7 other RV’ers did the same. This was Sat 3/27. On Sunday we drove from Gallup to Las Cruces with a stop in Albuquerque’s Costco to replenish gas and propane. We ate lunch at a road food.com place, Garcia’s Kitchen. Had NM’s signature dish, Chile rellenos, then on to Hacienda RV park in Las Cruces (clean, showers great). The southern 2/3’s of NM are bleak. The highlight was seeing the many orchards along the Rio Grande. The latter is sucked almost dry by towns, agriculture and invasive water loving plants. It’s barely a stream here.