Nearer to home I took a two day jaunt to the Amache
Relocation Camp by way of the grasslands of northeastern New Mexico and
bookended the camp with a long intended visit to Old Bent’s Fort near La Junta,
Colorado. It was a highly condensed road trip in which I left on a Thursday
mid-afternoon and was back for some good Guadalajara Grill Friday night. Let’s
just say there were more driving hours than photographic ones and that I relished
both.
For what it’s worth, not all of these disparate subjects will
make this post. We’ll just see where
this goes. Don’t ask me, I’m just the
typist.
Since I had been intrigued by Capulin Volcano near tiny
Capulin and barely larger Des Moines, New Mexico and because I could plot a path
to La Junta by way of Capulin that’s the route I picked. Just past Raton the land turned earnestly
pastoral and the volcano loomed above the plains. Alas, the Capulin Volcano National Monument
has closed for the day. It was just
after 5PM and that’s the kind of result you’ll get when you’re planning
averse and can’t tell time.
All was far from lost however and the Comanche National
Grassland gave up a three old homesteads that grace these pages today.
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4 comments:
Nice shots, Steve. If walls could talk, no?
The first shot is absolutely breathtaking, and John F. is right. If walls could talk, they would probably attest to the toughness of living on the plains. The last two color shots attest to the rain that part of the state has had, given the green of the grass. All is good in this shoot, Steve. I am also thrilled you have chosen to revisit Espana after photographing the south of France.
Thanks you two.
You capturing of three splendid abandoned homesites on the plains is a classic example of making lemonade when dealt a basket full of lemons. Scratch one volcano, at least for the time being, and add three wonderfully composed shots of good times gone sour (no pun intended with the aforementioned lemonade analogy). Still sickened at the loss of all your creativity in Espana, but here you go again, rising from the ashes to return and do it all over again. I say "Bravo"!!!! Looking forward to those results.
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