Saturday, June 18, 2022

Red Hatters Are Off To The Races at Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico

Six Red Hatters and one brave gentleman (Kimberly Gugliotta's husband) Tim, carpooled to Ruidoso, New Mexico for a day of horse racing at Ruidoso Downs. It is a little over an hour's drive from Alamogordo, through the Mescalaro Apache Indian Reservation with beautiful mountain scenery along the way.       

L to R: Gail Swineford, our newly Reduated Red Hatter
Shelly Carns, Trudy Reese and Jan Praught

Queen Ladybird aka Carla Kerr 

L to R: Shelly, Gail and Carla

L to R: Trudy Reese, Carla, Gail, "Talk to the Hat" Jan and Kim Gugliotta

R to L: Kim, Jan, Gail, Trudy and Shelly 

A nice lady took this shot so all of us could be seen.
R to L: Carla, Kim, Jan, Gail, Trudy and Shelly

Hubby Doug took this shot just before I left  

We had a lot of FUN which is what we are all about and most of us "donated". However, Shelly went home a winner or as I call it, "beginner's luck". We had lunch in Billy the Kid Restaurant on the premises. The food was quite good, but slow in arriving. Paying our tabs would make a great scene in a play. We received apologies and the usual nowadays excuse due to COVID, "Short of help". One could tell there was a lot of "On the Job Training" going on, but we made the best of it as Red Hatters do.

I never knew where Tim (our chauffeur) disappeared to, but he magically appeared with the car and drove us safely home. Gail drove for the other group and we thank her as well. 

This is all I have to say for now.

NMRC of the Red Hat Society Visit Ruidoso, New Mexico

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Members of the New Mexico Roadrunner Chapter of the Red Hat Society in Alamogordo, New Mexico drove to Ruidoso/Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico to visit Hubbard Museum of the American West, shop and dine. There was a bit of rain, sometimes heavy, but Red Hatters never let a little rain stop them.

First stop was the museum in Ruidoso Downs where they have a wonderful collection of art, Indian artifacts and old west transportation wagons and stage coaches. Everyone had a great time exploring the museum and, of course, purchased some items in the gift shop. From here we headed to the lovely Cherry Blossom Shoppe on Sudderth Drive that has great bargains in wearing apparel. They even have a Red Hat section and a couple of the girls bought hats there. Their employees are very helpful and try to find what you are looking for in the right color and size.

From here we went to Michelino's Italian Restaurant for lunch and it was most enjoyable. I had an Italian sausage sandwich and a cannelloni for dessert and several had spumoni for dessert. Then it was time to head back home to the Tularosa Basin. By this time the rain had quit so it was a pleasant drive with the mountains and desert looking fresh and clean from natures showers.

Do to the downpour just as we arrived, Trudy was unable to bring her motorized scooter in so she opted to wait for the rest of us to explore the museum as she had been there before anyway.

I shot the picture of Jean without an alert-she is usually smiling but was concentrating on shopping in the gift shop

Gail, another shopper, not disappointed by the offerings of this gift shop

VQ Donna looking lovely in her new glasses

Jean inspecting a wagon

Darla noted in this picture that they had added a tiny "E" on the Bakry sign

Gail checking out the stage coach painted in bright colors

Painted Apache cookware

An Apache Ritual Circle

War poles under glass

This proved to be quite an elaborate chuck wagon

A close up of the cook's fireplace next to the chuck wagon

This is a no frills chuck wagon, but quite adequate

Jean had planned to get on the horse, but the saddle was too loose

A wonderful painting of an abandoned jail

L to R: Gail, Darla and Jean discussing the ancient cart in front of them

This very crudely made cart was set up to be pulled by two oxen

Gail took my picture by this lovely two person carriage

These are Cherokee dolls on display

L to R: VQ Donna, Jean and Valerie enjoying lunch

Somehow, I did not manage to take any pictures of the girls shopping at the Cherry Blossom Shoppe, mainly because I was shopping and forgot all about the camera. Also, at lunch, I never made it to the other side of the table to photograph the rest of the group. My apologies ladies.

This is all I have to say for now.