March 29 Caballo Lake to Las Cruces 64 miles

As we biked out of the Caballo Lake RV area we found ourselves riding along the Rio Grande. The terrain is changing from dry to green.

Ancient Indian cave dwellings along side the road.

We begin to come into a very fertile area where they grow all kinds of peppers and pecan trees.

There were thousands of pecan trees, none of which were blooming yet, however they were flooding the orchards. Perhaps to give them a kickstart for the new season.

This was a really beautiful church just outside of Hatch - a major chili growing little town.

I talked Dale into buying a wreath made out of chiles and he also surprised me with some chile powder - it's really good and we have been enjoying it!

Las Cruces looked promising on the outskirts of town but turned out to be a let down. We searched around to find the heart of the city but the street seem to roll up around 5pm.