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You won't see much green in NM unless someone has been watering, or it is in or near a forest or in the mountains. We have very little precipitation annually, and sunny days. How would you get anything green from that? There are some weeds around, but otherwise you should be able to love brown if you live here.
Yeah, I figured it was in the mountains, I just didn't know if it was anywhere in the mountains or specific areas.
The only thing watered here is the horses and dogs and the veggie garden.
I'm not laughing but why come here if you love green? Have you thought about Vermont? The state is named after the color?
I hope that this does not seem unfriendly -- I don't mean it that way. Just perplexed.
Who me? I can't breathe in humidity higher than 50%, no matter the drug, no matter the treatment. I HAVE to have low humidity or i'll be on oxygen by the time i'm 33.
I personally don't mind the brown- at least I don't think I will. There's so much to see, so much variation.
My husband, is concerned about how he'll feel about no green. Like I said, most of the googled pics we've seen are either of buildings or rock formations, etc.
The first pics I saw on the NM pics thread with green in them kinda surprised me.
I do have to say, whomever shot that snow pic with the spreading tree and the fencerow (I think?) it looks like a painting.
The last time I saw a post here about whether there's any green in NM, I went outside and took some pics to share. At the time, it was the summer rainy season and the green was lush. A couple of summers ago, we got 30 inches in two months and I felt like I was in Vancouver.
These days we're seeing some of the driest weather since I moved here almost four years ago. It's also been very windy, yet there's still plenty of green. See the attached photos. I took these just a few minutes ago in the Lincoln NF. If you're looking for green places to move to, check out Ruidoso in the south and regions beyond Santa Fe in the north.
Thanks, jecc.
We thought about Ruidoso, but don't know what the tourist scene is like.
We live near Sevier County (Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge) and have worked and owned a restaurant there. I do not look fondly on bumper to bumper traffic and a constant stream of tourons. We'll be visiting Ruidoso next week, though.
Yeah, Vingeroon, I want to see some white. Our white here really isn't even white when it falls from the sky. Then it gets maybe 15 minutes before it's gone.
We thought about Ruidoso, but don't know what the tourist scene is like.
We live near Sevier County (Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge) and have worked and owned a restaurant there. I do not look fondly on bumper to bumper traffic and a constant stream of tourons. We'll be visiting Ruidoso next week, though.
In summer and again during good ski seasons, the main avenue in Ruidoso can get quite busy, but it's not like a beach town on the Fourth of July or anything. I guess you'll see for yourself next week. At 7,000 feet, the town is a nice mix of green and low humidity.
Taos is very green in the summer months and the horses grow fat. The Gila Forest by TorC is spectacular and quite green. Grass may be generally in short supply...but who cares? Give me mesquite!
Pick a green screen saver and play it on the HD TV. When we visited Cloudcroft and Rt 180 west of Silver City it was quite green and well forested. The mountains east of Albuquerque are more so. Lot’s of green in NM along with very dry air.
DH is now in Alamo - and he said that he was pleasantly surprised to find it more green than the rest of the state that he's travelled through so far.
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