The city of Elephant Butte, N.M., incorporated in 1998, is offering several unorthodox holiday events. The format is a three-person scramble.
Golfers play nine holes, all par three, and use three golf clubs.
On Dec. 18, Elephant Butte has a Beachwalk Luminarias display along the lakeside as part of a community-wide Weekend of Lights. It's a real opportunity to spend Christmas on the beach, which we don't get to do too much of in New Mexico. Cowboys who relish a challenge can saddle up their horses for what's being billed as the last great cattle drive of the millennium, Dec. 15-20. It's about a 65-mile route from Roswell to Lincoln. City slickers can join in the celebration at a kickoff bash Dec. 14 in Roswell, complete with a barbecue dinner and dance.