Alamogordo it is....some impressions (Ruidoso, Tularosa: new construction, tile, cabinets)

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Originally Posted by catman

I wish there were an entry in the other part of city-data.com for High Rolls. I'd like to find out more about it.

Home Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce Scroll down on left hand side to ''Area Photographs'' towards the bottom and there's some great pictures of Alamogordo, White Sands, Cloudcroft, Bonito Lake and other places in the area.....

[catman]

Thanks, harry o, I've already done that. I love that area. I know of no other place with so much variety in such a small region. It seems to me that Alamogordo in winter and Cloudcroft in summer would be just about perfect. A 4300-foot difference in elevation in only about 22 road miles!

I still wish High Rolls were in the 'small towns' section of this site, just to get more statistics on it!

[mtncat]

Cathy, welcome to Southern NM. I think you will love it here.
Some ideas for ya on the local food. If ya like BBQ, catfish, fried oysters and a few other things ya need to check out Spring Mountain BBQ between the 11 and 12 mile marker on the Cloudcroft Hiway (82) best you will ever eat and a really friendly down home atmosphere. Tell them I sent ya and you will without a doubt get the works.

Catman, what info are ya looking for in the High Rolls/Mountain Park area.
I was raised here, left for 15 years and have been back for about 14 years.
Anything I can do for ya let me know.
Mike

[catman]

Thanks, mtncat/Mike. I would like to be able to compare High Rolls' climate to those of Alamogordo and Cloudcroft; I would think it's in between those two. I'd also like to know about the real estate around there; it seems so desirable to me that it's probably expensive. Are there any utilities? As I said, I wish the other part of city-data.com had an entry for High Rolls. Is Mtn Park east or west of High Rolls? I love that area, but I haven't been there for several years; I don't remember either one on my trips betwen Cloudcroft and Alamogordo, but I wasn't looking.

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Originally Posted by mtncat

Cathy, welcome to Southern NM. I think you will love it here.
Some ideas for ya on the local food. If ya like BBQ, catfish, fried oysters and a few other things ya need to check out Spring Mountain BBQ between the 11 and 12 mile marker on the Cloudcroft Hiway (82)

mtncat.....is the Tunnel Steakhouse and Bar still open there in High Rolls. That used to be a cool place to go to back in the 1980's......

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by mtncat

Cathy, welcome to Southern NM. I think you will love it here.
Some ideas for ya on the local food. If ya like BBQ, catfish, fried oysters and a few other things ya need to check out Spring Mountain BBQ between the 11 and 12 mile marker on the Cloudcroft Hiway (82) best you will ever eat and a really friendly down home atmosphere. Tell them I sent ya and you will without a doubt get the works.

Catman, what info are ya looking for in the High Rolls/Mountain Park area.
I was raised here, left for 15 years and have been back for about 14 years.
Anything I can do for ya let me know.
Mike

Thanks, Mike, the welcome is appreciated, and I am getting more and more excited as the time to move approaches!! I'll be sure and check that out!!

I am also looking for one of those holes-in-the-wall Mexican food places.

[mtncat]

catman, the High Rolls/Mountain park area is pretty much between CLoudcroft and Alamogordo depending on exactly where you are. I live just 2 miles from where I work and my work area is colder then Cloudcroft and the house is warmer.
Real estate prices vary ALOT. I know of 2 acres that just sold (no water rights, he had to buy a domestic right from an individual) the land sold for $96,500.00
The other side of the hiway for some reason is alot cheaper though.
Mtn Park borders High Rolls to the East.
Utilities are not a problem.

Harry O the Tunnel is closed down, use to be the best place around for a good steak.

Cathy, ya might try the Old Road cafe over in Mescalero, GREAT mexican food.

[catman]

Mtncat: Thanks for the info. That is a rather daunting real-estate price. I'll have a look around, hopefully this fall. I knew High Rolls/Mtn Park are on the highway between Alamo and Cloudcroft, having fantasized over maps and Earth Google for quite some time. Alamogordo may be the way to go for me. Perhaps I should rent there for a while before I decide where to buy. It's probably a good idea to rent in any case at first.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by mtncat

catman, the High Rolls/Mountain park area is pretty much between CLoudcroft and Alamogordo depending on exactly where you are. I live just 2 miles from where I work and my work area is colder then Cloudcroft and the house is warmer.
Real estate prices vary ALOT. I know of 2 acres that just sold (no water rights, he had to buy a domestic right from an individual) the land sold for $96,500.00
The other side of the hiway for some reason is alot cheaper though.
Mtn Park borders High Rolls to the East.
Utilities are not a problem.

Harry O the Tunnel is closed down, use to be the best place around for a good steak.

Cathy, ya might try the Old Road cafe over in Mescalero, GREAT mexican food.

Ouch on the land price....wow.

Thanks for the info on the restaurant!! I hear that Tularosa has a good one, too....now all I need is to find a good furniture place. I need a dining table...and since it's going to be the last one I buy, I want one that reflects the area, SW-style. I have been looking online in EP, but the shipping charges are horrendous!!

[chilegal]

Cathy,
We will have to find a pick-up... or sweet talk my dh with his trailer..LOL
3 hrs from home and I can't wait, 1st on the adgenda is going by your house.. will take a pic with my camera phone..
Jane