In Jan of this year (2017) we drove from the San Francisco Bay Area to Asheville, NC. While i didn't do much shooting on the way as we didn't really want to stop while i fussed around with cameras, lens, etc.. Still, we stopped outside of Los Cruses, NM for what was to be a bathroom break and then we discovered this sculpture in the rest area:
Road Runner Sculpture
It was hugh; so here here an image with Susan:
While the sculpture was amazing in it size, what was more amazing was what it was made out of:
That's right: tennis shoes, computer key boards, ironing boards, crutches, etc., etc.. Wow! i could have stood there most of the day looking at the various objects it was made of ... 'cepting for the fact it was close to 100º even in Jan.
Los Cruses is 40 miles north of El Paso where i lived for three years in the late 60's and early 70's. Except for the intense heat -it was a very dry heat so stepping in the shade was an immediate relief- i love it. It was a very different place then with easy crossing to Juárez where there was good music, excellent food and many friendly shopping areas. And the surrounding country was really desert ... some of it, must of it, rolling sand dunes which i was just learning about when i move to the Bay Area.
Looking east towards Los Cruses and the Davis Mountains
I don't believe i have any photos from the time i lived in El Paso that are of the country side but now i'm interesting in looking to see how true that is. Maybe more to follow.
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