Enchanted Las Cruces

Buenos Días! Bienvenido...Welcome...to Enchanted Las Cruces. Are you a retiree, or nearing retirement? Or someone who is looking for a new place to call home? Just as we did, you might find a simple, beautiful, secure place in Las Cruces, a lovely small city in southern New Mexico.

 

I call Las Cruces a "hidden gem." I am absolutely astonished that it remains relatively unknown to retirees. It has all the advantages of huge retiree havens such as Tucson, Las Vegas, and Phoenix, but none of their drawbacks. 

The natural beauty of the area is breath-taking. The backdrop to this lovely city is the Organ Mountains and their famed granite "needles" soaring to nearly 9,000 feet. From the foothills of the Organs, a beautiful vista of the fertile Mesilla Valley spreads from horizon to horizon. With the Organs at your back, you can see the Franklin Mountains of El Paso, the nearby Doña Anas, the smooth and lovely Robledos, and even far to the West, the Florida Mountains near Deming.

The setting is gorgeous, but most importantly, the living is very easy here. We'll be exploring more of that in upcoming posts. This is a stable, quiet community that boasts a full university in NMSU, a medical school with the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, a huge community college (Doña Ana Community College, DACC), many churches, two hospitals, community centers, retirement communities, large grocery stores and four Walmarts, golf courses and country clubs, an airport that is a favorite among private pilots, museums, several historic areas such as "Old Mesilla," and so very much more. 

Most weekdays, it is my pleasure to bring you an image of this special place, Las Cruces, "The City of the Crosses," in beautiful New Mexico, known worldwide as "The Land of Enchantment."

Until mañana... 

Doña K