5.16.2006

Down from the mountains

I'm heading east from Ruidoso now, passing through the towns of Tinnie and Picacho. Um, I don't think they're on the Internet yet. The New Mexico Tourism Department has no entry for either of them. They do, however, have zip codes, so presumably the US Postal Service has heard of them.

Just to the north is Lincoln National Forest, the birthplace of the world-famous Smokey Bear, the living symbol of the campaign to prevent forest fires.