My fave image of the day!
Taken from the second story
See how the “bricks” of the floor are coming up in some places? They’re actually cut up railroad ties – 360,000 square feet of buildings – most of it covered in railroad ties – cool!
So as mentioned in my previous post I was at the railyard yesterday. I took less than one hundred pics – but it was a group things so I was trying had to keep up with everyone and be an active participant in the discussion. I really just wanted to get lost in the vastness and explore everything. Oh well, that will be for another time. I met a really cool guy who is new to our group also. He wants to create a cookbook as a fundraiser for the Wheels Museum. How fun does that sound? I talked to him about using some of my photography in the book. Hope something comes of it – he’s very enthusiastic about the project. Here’s some more pics.
At the Railyard
Guess where I went today!!
Yes, the railyard!!! Had a fundraising meeting there for the Wheels Museum – so we could scope out places onsite that we could actually hold a fundraiser. Had a fun time crawling around there with other like-minded people – and I learned a lot about the site from our fearless leader, Leba.
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On the Road Again
We drove to Moriarty today and then headed south to Estancia, then west through Mountainair (yes we were there last weekend also) and then continued west to Belen. Basically, we circled the Manzano Mountains – and it was fabulous! I didn’t take that many pics – was mostly just drinking it all in. We also listened to the NFL playoff games, and we found a convenience store in Torreon that sold popcorn. Ahh – a roadtrip with popcorn – what could be better??
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Torreon
We went on a mini roadtrip on Saturday. We had nothing else planned for the day so around noon we decided to load the kids in the car and just pick a place to go. We chose Mountainair which is a couple of hours southeast of ABQ. Lots of road, lots of big sky, and lots of mountains. Perfect! The towns we went through were rather small and bleak – but beautiful in their own way. I was reading one of our New Mexico guidebooks we keep in the car and discovered these towns were once called “The Cities that Fear Destroyed” because how they were virtually abandoned due to a series of raids and famines. This image is from Torreon – I took it from the car as we drove by.
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Milestone
My big boy wrote his name for the first time Saturday night! He was supposed to be sleeping, but was instead writing on his chalkboard. We, of course, overlooked the late night infraction and instead took pictures of our awesome boy and his latest achievement!
