Maybe New Mexico could use Alaskas favorite slogan  "If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them!"  :-)

Mark in AK  -  No snakes, no poisonous spiders, no sandstorms, but we have been known to feed the bears with the tourists!

> > NO, NO!  Please don't tell people that!  Have you seen the traffic
> > lately in some of those areas?
> >
> > Instead, tell them about the constant wind, the sand storms, the
> > constant battle with dust, having to watch for rattlers
> stretched out
> > across the bottom step (yes, it's happened), and all the other
> > critters that just want to bite or sting.  And the bloodthirsty
> > plants that snag or impale you if you walk too close, like the well
> > named, "Cat Claw" bush.
> >
> > No, people.  She didn't know what she was saying.  The desert is an
> > awful place.  Please stay away.
> >
> > //Jack
>
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> > http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info)
> http://www.westydriver.com
>