Chris and I just came back from a road trip to southern N.M. Among the places we visited were the lovely Mountains of Ruidoso (where we window shopped, took pics, and gambled just a teeny tiny bit) and the stunning White Sands near Alamogordo, NM (where we had fun in the sand and sun).
It was a lovely trip...and such a cool way to spend some of my Spring Break. Also, we couldn't have asked for better weather . 
These are some pics We took. Here is one:

Here are the rest
(I tried embedding the slideshow on here from slide.com, but for some reason it's not working...sigh):
http://www.slide.com/r/SG_cqvdM5j_VFUd7Fy0CKqUhMwjE38EJ?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original