As Tim and I made our way east on I-10 heading to Alamogordo, NM the scenery was high desert landscape with mountains in the distance. The high desert in southern Arizona is grasses and cactus. All of a sudden we started seeing huge boulders and nothing but granite. We passed a sign that said Texas Canyon. It stirred my interest so I had to check it out. Texas Canyon is in Cochise County, AZ. It is about 40 miles east of Tucson and lies between the Little Dragoon Mountains and the Dragoon Mountains. It is known for the giant granite boulders and attracts rockhounds and photographers. The boulders are stunning sitting in all different positions and looking at some you wonder what is keeping them from just falling over. You do not want to be around if one does fall...it would hurt!
The Chiricahua Apaches were often seen in the canyon due to its location to their region. Cochise made his last stronghold in the Texas Canyon in the mid 1870s. In the late 1880s David A Adams, along with his family, came to this area from Coleman, Texas. The family became the namesake of Texas Canyon because people use to say "they are a bunch of damned Texans up there". They were determined to live and work the land and they did. Descendents of the family still live and raise cattle on the old family ranch.
We are in Alamogordo, NM and it is good to be here and be with my daughter and son in law, Jenny and Nate. They are being transferred to Hawaii in February so this will be the last time we are Alamogordo for a while. When we were here for the month of August we did a lot around the area. This time we will be here for a week and will probably revisit some of our favorite spots. I am pretty sure a trip to Cloudcroft will happen and maybe Ruidoso. White Sands National Monument is just 10 miles down the road so we may have to take the dogs there and let them run. A trip to Las Cruces may happen too. Check back and see what we end up doing this time in Alamogordo!
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