[Kakaze]

After the Coast Guard, I lived in Roswell, NM. and going west into the Sierra Blanca mts could mean a 20+ temperature difference than Roswell in the summertime

I'm a Indiana transplant to Roswell...........my wives family has a cabin in Ruidoso. I love it out here,except its been 8.5 months with no measurable rain and we are on day 10 of 100 + temps.

[Puckster]

For a boy growing up in North Dakota and Minnesota, the climate and terrain were just as “enchanting”. I could easily return there and live out my days....Lord willing.

I found the fire of hot peppers there, Hispanic cooking, my first wife (God rest her soul), my son....and the desert.

I've been in Alaska and Hawaii....and New Mexico comes in a close second to Alaska for me.