Big John, if you are going to New Mexico you need to be ready for a couple of things...first, the pay scale out there is probably going to be much lower than what you are getting in Virginia, and secondly something I found to be iritating at times which was the "manana syndrome" (tomorrow syndrome). Oh, and something else, get ready to start eating green chilie or red chilie on just about anything and everything. You may just get to the point that you have to have it...lol. ummmm good!! Enjoy also the humidity there (low) which means if it is 90 out in the sun, step into the shade and it will feel like 70. Hope you find what you are looking for there...