Just an added bit of local interest -- In South Central New Mexico, near the town of Ruidoso, is a very small agricultural community in a river bottom called San Patricio. The local legend is that it was settled by a group of Irish veterans of the Mexican War either just before Guadalupe Hidalgo or just after, in 1848. The area was pretty rough, being pretty lawless country in those days, today, it is really picturesque, and is home to fruit orchards, chili and vegetable stands, and at least one world class gallery.