They were filming in the Manzanos, near Chilili.
‘_______Manzanos___’
Thanks - I’ll have to check a map for that location.
We were in Las Cruces for about 5 years, until 46 years ago. (long enough to have 2 daughters! Who of course claim NM as their birth place).
Spouse was working on the ascent and descent engines on the lunar module (LEM) program, as Field Base Administrator, later to be know as - ugh - ‘Human Resources’ - - we never did adopt that phrase. . .