On another day we went out to a place called Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park. We think it was very new and found there was no one there. It was one of those parks where you read signs and follow trails on your own. Even the bathrooms were locked, apparently do to vandalism. We could see no sign anyone had been there for some time. So we did as it said, read the signs and followed the trail for a ways. We saw much of what we had already seen on our travels so didn't linger very long. 
One unique feature here was a rock wall around the parking are. When we looked closer at the wall we could see all kinds of fossils in the rocks. Very festinating. Most were plant fossils. 
Here were the yuccas that one things of finding in New Mexico. Unlike the stotol yucca we had seen on the east side of Organ Mountains. They make for great photos, either as seen here in the fall or in the spring when the white blossoms are so pretty. These yucca were called Candles of the Lord by the Spanish Conquestors because they almost glow in the dark when blooming. 
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