We are probably boring every other person on this list who doesn't know what we are talking about. :-)
You where pretty close then, Clovis is about 20 miles north of Portales. You may not have realized it, but Interstate 40 runs through a very broad valley. If you turn south at Tucumcari onto US 70, you will quickly climb up few hundred feet to a plateau. Clovis and Portales are on this plateau, it is pretty flat, just enough hills to be nice. Keep going south you will get to Roswell. I know what you mean about the stars. Took an Astronomy class and the labs where too much fun. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource Sacramento, CA -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:24 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Relocation Tips I think the closest I have been to there is Clovis, and that was on the drive in from Texas. Are there mountains or is it plains like oh Fort Sumner and Vaughn? I remember once driving from Las Vegas (NM) to Las Cruces. It was about the third time I had done it that week because I was finalizing a move, so I was bored with the interstate and took the back road through Vaughn and Alamagordo. I kept stopping to look at the stars. Absolutely amazing. I saw nobody and was utterly happy :) Dana Ian Skinner writes: > Yes, Eastern New Mexico University. It' is very Eastern. Throw a stone > very very hard and it would land in Texas. (Actually, it would take a canon, > Portales is about 10 miles in from the border.) > > I made it to the Annual Balloon event in Albuquerque a couple of time. That > is just so awesome. I really want to get back for one of those. Just > standing amidst all these balloons as they are inflated and the launching > just after sunrise. The last one I was at, there where so many balloons > they had to go in three waves. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > Sacramento, CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Relocation Tips > > > really? Is that Eastern New Mexico? > > Ian Skinner writes: > > > None of the above...Portales. > > > > -------------- > > Ian Skinner > > Web Programmer > > BloodSource > > Sacramento, CA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:04 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Relocation Tips > > > > > > PS Albuquerque Socorro or Las Cruces? > > > > Ian Skinner writes: > > > > > Know what you mean. I went to college in New Mexico, and hope to get > back > > > there someday. > > > > > > One of my favorite big city/urban comparisons, came from my friend who > > > trained for the Coast Guard on Governor's Island in New York Harbor. He > > ran > > > across a plaque in Manhattan that stated how many people where in a one > > mile > > > radius of that spot. That number was the same as the entire 1980 New > > Mexico > > > state population to 3 or 4 significant digits. If I remember correctly, > > we > > > once calculated that there were about the same number of people per > square > > > mile in New Mexico as there is per square foot in Manhattan. > > > > > > My other favorite New Mexico eye opener, is that Santa Fe celebrated > it's > > > 333 year as a Capitol city..... > > > ... > > > ... > > > ... > > > in 1850. It is closing on it's 500th year. > > > > > > Sorry about rambling on... I really do miss that part of the country. > > > > > > -------------- > > > Ian Skinner > > > Web Programmer > > > BloodSource > > > Sacramento, CA > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:29 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Relocation Tips > > > > > > > > > I dont think there is a definite relocation guide. A lot of the things > > that > > > are involved in liking or not liking an area are very personal. My > > hellhole > > > with horrible schools is your great beach town; my rural paradise is his > > > hillybilly hell, etc. My best friend absolutely cannot understand what I > > > love about New Mexico and refers to it as a bunch of nothing. How to > > > explain that the attraction is that it does empty so well? And so it > goes. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > >Hm... I certainly wouldn't buy the house first. In fact, when > > relocating, > > > > >once I'd found a job, I'd rent for a while before I'd consider > buying. > > > But, > > > > >I'm not a definitive relocation guide, either. > > > > >-d > > > > > > > > I recommended to my friend that he vacation there first. (The town in > > > question is Cape Coral, FL.) He should vacation IN the town to see what > > > it's like during the morning commute and what the night life is like. > > > > > > > > -V > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
