Cloudcroft is about 25 minutes away from us and almost 4,000 feet higher in elevation (at about 9,000 feet.) It was much cooler up there than it is down here. I can see us making the trip many times during the summer! Anyway, it's a small mountain village with a western feel.
We did a little shopping. (I bought a shirt that says, "I love trees"! I'm sure it was meant for the tree hugger type, but I love my family and we are Trees!)
We ate gelato and I had a cappuccino. (neither were very good)
We looked through a few of the many thrift shops. We bought lots of books! We even found some free stuff.
We found a great book store, but the kids were getting restless so I took them to the playground.
Jenny even found a friend.
I'd like to go back sometime - Maybe without the kiddos. I saw a neat jewelry store below the book store!
Cool! The husband and I stopped in Cloudcroft a few years ago on our road trip through NM. We loved the town. I bought myself a cute wrap-around skirt in one of the shops. We had a fun encounter with a guy named Steve at one of the thrift shops. He was excited seeing the husband in his Foreign Legion get-up, which he, the husband, has to wear for sun protection. We would definitely stop there again.
ReplyDelete:o) A couple of my memories of Cloudcroft...going tubing with some of my high school friends in the winter snow... and picking Bing cherries at a "pick "em yourself" cherry orchard with my mom (also lost a contact while up in the cherry trees!)
ReplyDeleteBlessings & Aloha!
(It is so fun to read your posts about your experiences in that area and that also bring back my memories of a part of the time when I lived there!