After that, lunch in Alamogordo (La Hacienda was the Mexican food I can't get anything close to in NYC, just perfect), and then Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, as a massive thunderstorm moved in.pic.twitter.com/lfytV1rmyr
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Today: White Sands National Park. Beautiful, hot, slightly-dangerous — the warning signs about how you would die terribly if you wandered off the wrong way were pretty hardcore, and totally believable once you're out there. And yet, a lot of creatures live out there. Amazing.pic.twitter.com/fS3EweZ4OE
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Aside from being attacked by flies who I think liked my sunscreen, we also saw a baby bunny, which felt pretty special.pic.twitter.com/flqALxQfHF
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As the storm moved in, we made our way back to the car. We were looking forward to getting back to Socorro... but were trapped for TWO HOURS behind a freight train that had stopped and blocked the only crossing that would let one out of the area.pic.twitter.com/C0eMu47G80
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It was pretty nuts. Apparently there are NO consequences for freight train companies when they do this, and it happens more than you'd think. Apparently the states cannot regulate it; only the feds can, and they don't. You can call the companies—they don't care if you're trapped.
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After 2 hours (!!) of talking to the local police, sheriff, and trying to call the rail companies (to no avail), I finally walked 1/2 a mile to the front of the train and managed to get seen by the conductor, and I explained that there were four cars totally trapped by him.
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(We had no significant food, no significant water, a storm had moved through, and it was getting dark. Other cars had elderly people and children in them.) Anyway, he was totally surprised that there wasn't a way around (the locals said there wasn't), and started up the train.
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Anyway, we made it back (after 2 hours of driving in pitch black desert highway), and (once again) had dinner at the only place open in Socorro after 9pm that isn't fast food. I dub us honorary regulars at the El Camino Family Restaurant, which was great.pic.twitter.com/gGmj7nJ6M7
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I didn’t know you were back in town! I have yet to see the actual sands, just the test site.
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@Tim28393350 and I got somewhat lost looking for the car park as the sun was setting when we visited White Sands in 2013. Just as the heart rate started rising we climbed another dune and there it was...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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That whole story annoys me so much but is so illustrative. The imported non-native animals so some officer had something to hunt and kill. Ok.
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Of it’s terribly annoying...but NM is just America’s defense playground. ...and the camels
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