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					  <title><![CDATA[Elephant Butte Profile]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Located on the southwestern shore of Elephant Butte Reservoir, Elephant Butte offers residents and visitors mild sunny winters, hot summers moderated by afternoon thunderstorms or lake breezes, and practically perfect weather in the spring and fall. Elephant Butte State Park is the state's largest park, with camping, boating, and fishing on the 43 mile long reservoir. Three marinas, numerous marine service and storage facilities along with restaurants, a golf course and lodging facilities serve the many folks who use the lake. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Sally Bickley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:42:34 PST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[New Mexico&#039;s Highway One - slow-paced route reflects the region&#039;s best]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Separate from the crowd. Exit Interstate 25 and find yourself on New Mexico's own Highway One, a slower, quieter route. The road hugs the topography, its narrow, low bridges and sweeping ridgetop climbs reward those taking the alternate route from Elephant Butte to Socorro. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Sally Bickley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2003 03:02:30 PST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Jornada Del Muerto-90 miles of hell]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[The roughest and deadliest part of the Camino Real, from Mexico City to Santa Fe, was the stretch between Las Cruces and Socorro called Jornada del Muerto or Journey of the Dead. A broad, flat valley with no water, grazing or firewood, it offered no amenities to travelers for 90 miles.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Sally Bickley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2003 03:27:54 PST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Gardening the Desert of Southern New Mexico]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Desert gardeners face conditions that would wither any other gardener: less than 10 inches of rainfall annually; rocky or caliche (clay) soil with few nutrients; extremes of temperature and weather; oh, and a bit of wind. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Sally Bickley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2003 02:22:53 PST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Winter at Elephant Butte Lake-birds, boats, and beauty]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA["Hi, how's the weather? It's snowing? Oh, too bad. We just got back from the lake!" That's my usual telephone conversation with relatives from the north on winter weekends. In its quieter months, Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico's largest lake, offers solitude and clarity that summer users will never know. The bright, clear sun, the mirrored lake surface, the warm, still air, describe many days throughout the winter months. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Sally Bickley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2003 22:49:38 PST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Truth or Consequences and Elephant Butte - each an oasis in the desert]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[The "Jewel of the Rio Grande," or Truth or Consequences, is bordered by the San Andres and Black Range Mountains on I-25 between Las Cruces and Albuquerque. It claims its fair share of snowbirds who flock there to enjoy mild winters, lakes and mountains, hot mineral springs, golfing, the El Camino Real Historic Trail, Geronimo Springs Museum and the Auto Museum. T or C was chartered in 1916 as Hot Springs. In 1950, it became Truth or Consequences in response to Ralph Edwards' request that a town in America take on the television game show's namesake. Edwards still makes an appearance every May to celebrate the change.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Sally Bickley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2002 23:02:08 PST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[The Camino Real-Four Hundred Years of Migration]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[ 
In January 1598, Don Juan de Oņate set forth with an expedition to colonize the lands of New Mexico. Eighty-three wagons carried munitions, supplies and food for 400 men, some soldiers, some colonists. One hundred families, eight priests and two lay brothers accompanied them. Seven thousand head of livestock, grapevine cuttings, seeds and tools were brought to help settlers survive and establish new homes. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Sally Bickley)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:45:14 PST</pubDate>
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