El Paso: A Roadrunner Tease

Upper Tom Lea Park, El Paso, Texas. July 2017.

July 2017

El Paso's Upper Tom Lea Park, albeit tiny, always delights the visitor.

Upper Tom Lea Park, El Paso, Texas. July 2017.

Dusk, and then nightfall, on the last day of my sister's visit was no exception.

Upper Tom Lea Park, El Paso, Texas. July 2017.

One reason was the roadrunner sighting, which I only barely captured on video the evening before:

Roadrunners fascinate.

My second attempt to get that bird is here:

Damn it.

Alamogordo: Icons

Alamogordo has some distinctive structures that contribute to the town's identity.

The Alamogordo "A." New Mexico.

Roadrunner, Alamogordo, New Mexico

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Roadrunner, Alamogordo, New Mexico

Railroad water tower, 10th Street, Alamogordo, New Mexico

Space rocket, Space History Museum, Alamogordo, New Mexico

"Teepee" or "beehive" burner, by sawmill, Alamogordo, New Mexico

I really had to hunt to find out what the above was. Here is the interesting description. I'd have never figured it out for myself.