Monday, January 4, 2010

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Outside of the Geronimo Springs Museum:


A couple of the very pretty "fiesta dresses" on display at the museum:


The Geronimo Springs Museum is in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, just a few miles down the road from Elephant Butte. We had heard about the museum from the lady who checked us in at the RV Park yesterday, so after I got a couple of loads of clothes washed, we decided to go take a look. It's actually a pretty neat museum -- it has the usual pioneer relics, but also some mastodon and dinosaur bones. In addition, it houses the memorabilia of Ralph Edwards, whose "Truth or Consequences" radio show was the initiative for changing the town's name from Hot Springs to that of the radio show on its tenth anniversary. The town holds a fiesta every year celebrating the occasion.

We spent a few hours browsing through the exhibits and talking with the ladies who work there, then went in search of a grocery store to buy some orange juice. The only supermarket in Truth or Consequences was abandoned. We finally ended up at a discount store and settled for cranberry juice.

We did see a very unusual mobile home on a sales lot:



It was designed just like an adobe house -- it even had vigas (the wooden beams in adobe ceilings) sticking out the ends!

2 comments:

  1. We enjoyed our one-night stay there, stopped early enough to tour around. We went down to the river to see the mighty Rio Grande and it was only a thin stream! The Elephant Butte area is awesome.

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  2. Don't miss the wonderful hot springs in downtown Truth or Consequences! And ... there is a downtown grocery store, and there is also a Walmart close to the freeway.

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