Pancho Villa State Park
Pancho Villa State Park New Mexico, after leaving El Paso Texas, we headed west to our first stop right along the US and Mexican border in a little town named Columbus. Now this is back in April when we were here. This little town is home to 1,118 people.
This historical park features an exhibit hall and structures that capture the rich history of the Pancho Villa Raid and Camp Furlong.
The exhibit hall also showcases the Punitive Expedition, which was led by John “Black Jack” Pershing in 1916-1917. This military expedition to chase down Pancho Villa threatened to bring the United States and Mexico into direct conflict with one another during the height of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico itself.
Below is the campground we stayed at for about a week. It was a very nice place, wonderful people running the park and lots of space.
When the wind blows the air is full of dust and dust tornadoes. Very seldom is it a clear day.
Just behind the park is the wall between the two countries. The road going to Mexico past the park is always busy. Lots of trucks bringing produce from south to the north. It seemed to be a constant flow of traffic and it was the off season.
But with all this open space, the sunsets are beautiful.
Pancho Villa State Park
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Like that park bench shot – nice curves and coloring. nicely framed by the straight edges.
Thank you very much 😊
I really like that last picture of the sunset and the bench. I have heard of dust devils from my friend who moved to New Mexico but never saw one before now.
Yes, there were a lot of them in this area.
Thank you for your post. I enjoyed reading it! Great photos.
You are very welcome Nancy, thank you.
This is one we haven’t visited. Maybe next year in our camper. I am bookmarking your post so I can get the scoop from you when we go. Great shot of the dust devil!
This was a nice little park. Lots of space. They had one really nice restaurant and a wonderful museum.
I’ve bookmarked this so we can get more scoop from you when we go next spring. Thanks, Sandra!
From the pictures it looks like a nice place.
It is, it was very relaxing and lots of room in the campground.
Sandra. No te había escrito aunque admiro y pienso cada uno de tus lugares compartidos, hoy te pensé con una meditación ante esa luz tras esa bello asiento. Te imagine tan relajada con la conciencia que dan las percepciones que nos conectan con los milagros de la vida. El milagro es que existes y nos compartes la belleza que admiran tus ojos y capturan tus imágenes. Gracias por tu existencia.
Thank you very much, that is written beautifully and I really appreciate it. That is what I feel when ever I am at a place like this. When no other people are around, yet one can hear the world as it is alive all around us. Thank you so much and have a wonderful day.
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Thank you very much Francine 😊
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That bench silhouette Is 👌👌👌👌👌👌😍😍😍
😊 thank you very much
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💖 the bench silhouette!
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Thank you very much 😊