Cocoposts

“You’d think this far away from “civilization,” here he used air quotes, “that you wouldn’t hear cattle screaming all night .”

The Deming Luna Mimbres Museum lives up to its moniker, “The  Biggest Little Museum in the Southwest.” The old Armory building is a standout. The volunteer staff know their stuff. The gift shop has a great selection of books on geology, archaeology, and history. Native American artifacts, including a Mimbres pottery collection, take up much of the first floor. Down a long hall is the stunning mineral collection larger than those of Silverton or Ouray museums in Colorado. As I said in a TACA post, it’s a museum hoard of gems and geods and dreamy-deep geological details.  

Is five tents too many?

Camped for the first time in decades. I sort of got suckered into buying another tent called Coconest and then hauled everything camping related all around Tucson metro for two weeks before camping two nights in one place.