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Monday, July 27, 2009

Cloudcroft Day 8


We hiked the Trestle Trail out of Cloudcroft this morning to see the large trestle that was built in the late 1890s over Mexican Canyon for the Alamogordo/Cloudcroft railroad.











This wooden trestle--fashioned from local lumber--allowed trains to span the deep Mexican Canyon chasm.
A view of White Sands from the Trestle Trail.
An interesting dead tree along the trail.

Dr. K and Becca enjoy the outing.

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

That was an amazing trestle.

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