souvenirs. We headed back to Albuquerque where we took a nap and prepared for dinner at the Belle Vista Restaurant, which is located on the East Side of Watermelon Mountain This restaurant is able to
accommodate over 1,200 people. They offer a varied menu but specialize in all the fried fish and chicken you can eat. After dinner we had a few drinks and then retied to our hotel since we were all worn out from the day's activities. We rose again the next morning at 3:00 A.M. and started all over again. After the four days we started for home but as we flew we started planning for next years trip back.

A TOUR OF TAOS SKI
VALLEY
By
SECOND LIEUTENANT
SMITH A. CLARK

If you mention skiing in connection with New Mexico, individuals tend to wrinkle up their faces and laugh or ask how can you ski in the desert. But the truth is that New Mexico has several ski areas and one of them is the world-renowned Taos Ski Valley.
Taos Ski Valley is located in the north central area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains It has 9,2OO feet base that rises to well over 12,000 feet and with their eight chair lifts it offers 72 different runs for all levels of skiing. The courses run from the easy cruiser to impressive double black diamonds.
Their children's center brings the joys of skiing as well as provides all the equipment that children would need Lessons are available for first timers all the way up to the most experienced young skiers; classes are small and arranged by age and ability level.