photographs

near llano, texas: drivin down texas 71. for some of you, this may be a little cooler if you are familiar with the band magnolia electric co. they write a good song titled after this stretch of highway so naturally i got a little sentimental driving along.

near clovis, new mexico: giant wind farms. enough said there. these things just look pretty sweet towering hundreds of feet in to the air and swirling around with some serious force.

downtown albuquerque, new mexico: the silver moon lodge, just off of central avenue in albuquerque. i thought the "sleep well" posted on the motel marquee was kind of a nice gesture. the second photo was taken just down the street. the guy sitting under that sign waiting for a bus was kind of a neat guy. he was real talkative despite the fact that i was understanding and responding to about 1% of what he was saying in spanish. it was still pretty fun. the guy seemed really happy. anyway, the downtown area in albuquerque is so uncharacteristically calm for any sort of city, large or small.

old town, albuquerque, new mexico: arguably the highlight of old town would be the san felipe de neri church. people have been preachin' the word at this place for something like 300 years. its a modest little building, but anything thats been standing for that long in the USofA begs a bit of attention. this little guy is actually on the national register of historical places.


albuquerque, new mexico: both shots from the rio grande valley state park. it was a pretty neat place, some of the largest cottonwood trees in the country along the banks of that there rio grande. fine place indeed.