Aguirre Spring

This time we headed to the "back" side of the Organ Mountains. At least, it's the back side to Las Cruces. A more appropriate term would be the east side of the Organ Mountains. Nestled up against the mountains sits the Aguirre Spring Campground. We had been up here once before, right after a rare Southern New Mexico snowstorm, but had never camped there. Since it's so close, we figured why not. It's probably about a 45 minute drive from our house in Las Cruces, and a good portion of that is the road from the highway to the campground. There were a few people in the campground, and as luck would have it, we decided to camp next to a bunch of drunken fools. They were loud, obnoxious, and disturbed what otherwise would have been a peaceful evening and morning. Everybody else in the campground acted like human beings. Somehow we still got some sleep, and I woke up just a bit before 6 am to watch the sunrise. I knew the location was perfect for a spectacular sunrise and I wasn't disappointed. At least they were asleep through that. I probably should have asked them to quiet down, but you never know what someone will do, especially when intoxicated, and they probably wouldn't have shut up anyways. There is a campground host, but he was way back at the entrance gate down the road, not even in the campground. So we just dealt with it, and they finally did quiet down. Anyways, other than that, it was a fun little trip and the kids enjoyed it. Carter slept much better this time than he has on past camping trips, which was nice. The views from the campground are amazing, as it overlooks the Tularosa Basin, and one can see all the way over to the Sacramento Mountains. We had planned to hike the Pine Tree Trail, which would have gotten us up even higher, but we decided to save that for another day.