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The emerging sunrise heading east from Las Cruces - it only looks this way in New Mexico.
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One more impending sunrise shot en route to White Sands.
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The first sledders of the day at White Sands National Monument.
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Lines in the sand like a zen garden.
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Lines in the sky as well as the sand.
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Green chile lemonade at Sparky’s in Hatch NM - sour & spicy!
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About to walk into history at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
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The “T” windows derive from Hopi mythology, suggesting there was trade among the various Southwestern tribes.
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Looking out from within the cliff dwellings.
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An immense smoked salmon flatbread at Little Toad Brewery in Silver City, NM.
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Lovely murals in downtown Silver City.
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They don’t make signs like this anymore - our lodging in Silver City.
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An example of the curvy roads heading out of New Mexico into Arizona on Highway 180.
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I loved these looming hills on AZ-60 heading west to Show Low.
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Our snake Sandy posing by the memorial to the card game that gave us the town name of Show Low, AZ.
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Blue Mesa at Petrified Forest National Park.
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Petrified wood at the bottom of Blue Mesa.
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Dramatic clouds make the scene even more surreal.
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Farewell to Blue Mesa with this almost Magritte feel.
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The Painted Desert portion of Petrified Forest National Park.
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Our lodging for the night at the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, AZ.
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The cubist shower at the Wigwam Motel.
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Approaching a memorable sunrise.
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Not my rental car.
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Here it is, the Jack Rabbit Trading Post near Winslow, AZ.
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Curious contrast between Mary Colter’s original design for Winslow, AZ’s famed La Posada & current owner Tina Mion’s artworks.
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Another Tina Mion artwork at La Posada - all I can say is that guy would have never made it in Show Low!
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The Meteor Crater near Winslow (in case you couldn’t tell).
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One of the numerous cliff dwellings down in Walnut Canyon National Monument in Flagstaff.
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The beautiful San Franciscan Peaks of Flagstaff as seen from Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. My research skipped these altogether but they captivated me every time I saw them.