Though snowbirds can be found throughout Southern New Mexico, the greatest concentrations of them are found in the Deming, Truth or Consequences, and Alamogordo areas. More flock to the Southwest than to the Southeast. Southern New Mexico also hosts snowbirds in reverse. For example, Emily and John Nutt's Rio Penasco RV Camp in Maybill caters to Texans and Oklahomans and New Mexicans seeking escape from the summer heat in the Sacramento Mountains. There is trout fishing in the Rio Penasco that runs through the camp, full hook-ups including cable TV, bathroom, showers, office and store.
Snowbirds do a lot of talking and listening - in that order.
They can find out just about anything from one another. Lots of snowbirds stay in specific RV parks because of recommendations from fellow travelers in other RV parks. There is strength in numbers. Winter visitors add roughly 20 percent to the 10,000 Deming population. In Truth or Consequences and surrounding Sierra County, the 9,500 population swells to 11,000 or more.