Week One of Field Camp: Capitol Dome, Florida Mountains, Luna County, NM

So after an exhausting spring semester, I had one week to relax and then it was off to Field Camp!  I had purchased some new Red Wing boots, a Marmot Limelight two man tent, a Therm-a-Rest pad (ProLite Plus), and picked up a good rain jacket (Marmot Precip) on sale leading up to the trip so I was plenty excited to use the new gear.  We headed to Deming, NM which is just over 60 miles west of Las Cruces.  The weather report had predicted winds in excess of 45 miles an hour at times, and the airport weather station reported gusts at 52 miles per hour on May 10, but more on that later.

Dragon Ridge as viewed driving south towards Rockhound SP.  It lies at the northern base of the Florida Mountains.