Random Object Photographs

I photographed this expansive Southwest sunset on Christmas Eve in 2018. It was taken from East of Las Cruces New Mexico. We had just lost our oldest daughter in a private plane crash that October. The symbolism of this scene was not lost on us - we really missed her at our family gathering there.

John

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Who ever buys the house their building next door to me won't have much grass to cut. They put the forms up for the driveway a couple days ago. I colored in where the drive and grass will be. Lots of cement.

They'll have more grass than me. :D
 
Took a ride to Swift Reservoir, stopping for lunch in Cougar, WA.
 

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Wooster Street, New Haven, CT
Some people say its the birthplace of pizza in the USA
Some people say its the best pizza in the USA.
If you see the signs they call it Apizza.

I had Sallys yesterday was good, I've had Pepes in the past, the clam pie is fantastic!

New Haven pie is a very thin crust made in a hand-formed shape. The shape is more amoeba than round. Cooked in a hot coal oven with char on the bottom and edges. I guess as far from Chicago style as you can get.
 
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Back in January 2017 I buried my snowcat while out grooming snowmobile trails.

These aren't something you want to get stuck. :D



Here's my rescue crew the following morning.

They brought 2 guys from the main shop in SLC and another snowcat from another State Park.
Plus my boss and another guy that works in my park.

We have police radios in the cats so I contacted dispatch and they sent my boss out to get me on a snowmobile.

We groom at night when the snow is frozen.



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Here's the other cat trying to pull me out. Nope, my cat was frozen to the ground.

We had to completely dig out the cat, use its power to try and free the tracks that were
frozen to the ground while jerking on it with the other cat.

We were just grateful that the weather cooperated with us. :D
 
Speaking of things in NM-
Early on Priests went out to Indian Pueblos, which were permanent locations and built Missions.
Three Southwest of here are the Salt Missions.
This is Grand Quivera. This large structure was never finished.
 

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This is mom looking at a British tea towel with the Royal Family's ascension timeline. It was a gift from Fred.

A little backstory: The love of Fred's life, Genie, passed away five years ago last month. Fred decided that he was finally ready to go through Genie's things he had packed away. The instant he saw the tea towel he thought "I know who this is going to".

Mom was moved by the thought behind the gift and the touching note Fred sent with it.



Thanks, amigo.
 
In New Mexico, when you say King, most folks think your referring to Gov.
Bruce King.
But once upon a time we had another 'King.'
He lived in the rather remote town of Roy, NM.
So he could have been the King of NM Swing before he became the
King of Western Swing.
 

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Two of my friends and I went to State Line, an old mining town in south western Utah.



Being a holiday weekend and the elk bow hunt all the spots Bryan hoped were open were full of other campers.
Bryan is a professional deer, elk and bear hunting guide and checked to see if there was any chance one of his
friends was there hunting. Fortunately they were and they let us camp on their property. We really lucked out.





These two picture are not mine. They were taken a few years ago of the processing plant in State Line.
This is what we wanted to go see.

The town was basically deserted in 1939 but the processing plant was actually worked until the early 80's,
until the EPA shut it down for improper environmental procedures.



The plant was destroyed by fire that started July 13th near Panaca, Nevada. We knew this but wanted to see it anyway.







That's me standing on the platform in the previous picture.





Again not my picture but someone else's from a few years ago.



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There are hundreds of feral horses out there destroying the vegetation.
The BLM is doing a horrible job thinning them out. :mad:





State Line Mercantile.







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Life After Death

It was another awesome camping trip. :D
 
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