Hoping to move to Alamogordo soon. (Ruidoso, La Luz: home, buying, private school)

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by songinthewind7

Ruidoso is back on the list now.

What areas are y'all the most interested in?

I check Ruidoso listings at least once a week. They send me notifications whenever a new listing comes up.

[bigsandyb]

Cathy, I wonder if Alamo gets as sweltering hot as Texas in the summer?

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by bigsandyb

Cathy, I wonder if Alamo gets as sweltering hot as Texas in the summer?

Alamo will get just as hot sometimes, but the humidity level will be far lower than what you experience in Seguin.

Having said that, although I tolerate a dry heat (West Texas--Midland, Lubbock, El Paso, the Panhandle, etc.) far better than I do Central Texas, I'm reaching the point where I don't want to be in ANY kind of heat, period!

Too, at the much higher elevation, the sun is a lot more intense, and in Alamo, it just BEATS down on you. I hate May through September in either Texas or southern NM.

I have family in Central Texas, but I avoid it like the plague in the summer. The humidity combined with the heat just drains me.

Don't get me started on the allergies there....LOL!!

[songinthewind7]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

What areas are y'all the most interested in?

I check Ruidoso listings at least once a week. They send me notifications whenever a new listing comes up.

We're getting notifications too. Ruidoso, Alto, Ruidoso Downs, something about Bonito River. Just got to sell here first and that could take awhile.

[Cathy4017]

What made y'all decide to put Ruidoso back on the list?

Alto has restrictions on animals, only 2 per household, so keep that in mind.

Ditto White Mountain and Country Club Estates in Ruidoso.

[JDTH]

The people that live three doors down from us in Ruidoso have three dogs, two german sherpards and one scruffy little thing. We are in Ponderosa Heights, just north of the upper canyon and the traffic circle.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by JDTH

The people that live three doors down from us in Ruidoso have three dogs, two german sherpards and one scruffy little thing. We are in Ponderosa Heights, just north of the upper canyon and the traffic circle.

I know that there are several areas where animals aren't restricted. I just keep finding places where they are.... :-(

I have 4 in all, two 7-year-olds and 2 12-year olds, both sets of littermates.

[songinthewind7]

We've looked at a couple in your neck of the woods Jim. Haven't seen the inside of these places except online. We figured ,why bother an agent when our place hasn't sold yet.

Cathy, not sure how Ruidoso got back on the list but it's at the top right now.
It's also closer to move to Ruidoso.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by songinthewind7

We've looked at a couple in your neck of the woods Jim. Haven't seen the inside of these places except online. We figured ,why bother an agent when our place hasn't sold yet.

Cathy, not sure how Ruidoso got back on the list but it's at the top right now.
It's also closer to move to Ruidoso.

Yes, it would be a lot easier to move to Ruidoso than going all the way to Canon City, etc.

I'm going to start exploring the Front Range more later, but I think it's probably just too much traffice and people for me. I've been to Denver (flying) but have never been to any of the other cities along that route.

Unless something I can't live without pops up in Alpine (hasn't happened yet), I imagine Farmington or Cortez will probably be the top 2 on the list.

I have never been to Cortez, so that is for an easy exploratory trip the next time I'm in Durango during the late spring/summer.

Farmington will be the most convenient, with the least amount of driving for whatever.

[Tuliegal]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

Oh, that's cool!! (Sorry, no pun intended)....did you grow up there, too?

I just met someone last week who was born in and grew up in Ruidoso.

If I had to do it all over again, I would have gone to Ruidoso to start with!

It's just that I had been away from it for 25 years or so--and to us native West Texans, Ruidoso was a sleepy little ski resort...and a place to escape the summer heat!

Boy, has it ever changed! I had NO idea that it had become a small town with amenities, rather than the small tourist village I had known for a lifetime!!

I was shocked when I went back over there just to visit after moving to Alamogordo!

Don't get me wrong. Alamogordo is a great little town, and probably surrounded by some of the prettiest scenery in New Mexico--but it's just too warm! I can see why all of the Midwesterners here just love it! The weather (other than hot summer) is pretty perfect most of the time.

Hey, Cathy,

I just lived in Ruidoso for a year or so after I was born, then we moved to Cloudcroft. I barely remember it. We moved to Alamo & I lived there until I finished the 5th grade. (My mom was a teacher). Then we moved to Mescalero & lived on the res for 4 years--I loved it there. Then we moved down to Tulie, & I graduated high school there. I actually moved to Albuquerque with friends for a year or two, but guess I got tired of the big city. I moved to Tuscon for 6 mos. with my sis & her ex who was in the Air Force, & I liked Tuscon, but everyone they knew was only interested in the next payday so they could get more drugs. Ugh. So, back to Alamo where I met my husband. We moved To Ohio & spent a couple of long years there, & back to Tulie! Then he got the job here in Oklahoma, & we've been here 27 years. 2 years ago he decided he wanted to be single, so I thought it was a perfect chance to move back to New Mexico! If I could just sell this darned house!!! lol On the other hand, the house is almost paid, for, my 2 sons live here, & I've got more good friends & neighbors than any one person ever deserved...! But how I miss those mountains! And the luminarias in Tulie on Christmas Eve!