Monday, November 29, 2010

Texas and Beyond

Well, there's not much more to tell about Texas. I got a few pictures around Sonora before we left. They remind me of the location for some kind of western movie. El Dorado, perhaps...or maybe a show like Bonanza.

Well, despite the film opportunities, we left Sonora and drove until we stopped and a visitors center with this sign out front:
'nuff said.
We made it to Demming, New Mexico, where we stopped for the night. Next morning we took off for Arizona; taking time, however, to stop by Rock Hound State Park. It's a little area at the base of a mountain. Quite nice, actually.
However, this place reminded me so much of a John Wayne western that I was sort of disappointed not to see a scene or two from The War Wagon played out before my eyes. (Have you noticed that my brain thinks in terms of cameras and fim locations?)
And I found these bugs:
  And on that pleasant note (*ugh*)...

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