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In the cradle of the valley’s hand
You have to be going there on purpose, to this tiny town on the banks of the Pecos River south of Santa Rosa. It’s so unknown that Google maps will either direct you to Luna, New Mexico, which isn’t it, or will send you to what looks like more-or-less a random location. The only way I even knew about it was from reading one of those cheerful “Welcome to Santa Rosa” booklets once at a restaurant. (If you want to go, just take South 3rd Street from downtown Santa Rosa. It’ll change names to State Highway 91, County Road 2P, and County Road 3C by the time you get there.
This is the view from a little cemetery on a hill east of town.
Puerta de Luna, New Mexico
photographed 9.21.2013
And the road, not traveled
There are a few options if, for some reason, you want to travel between Branson, Colorado, and Kenton, Oklahoma. You can take regular, paved roads. One choice would take you north through Kim, Colorado; that’s about 100 miles, and Google thinks it’ll take a couple of hours to drive it. You could also take a wide swing to the south, through Folsom, New Mexico and the Santa Rita National Grasslands before heading back to the north to Kenton. That way’s also about 100 miles, with the same travel time.
Then there’s this route, where as soon as you clear Tollgate Canyon on the Colorado-New Mexico line, a left turn will put you on a route 456. It’s 62 miles to Kenton, with a Google-estimated travel time of 2 hours. Yep. That’s the way to get to Kenton.
Union County, New Mexico
photographed 9.5.2016
Cooler
Of course, my traveling companion was looking at fruit when we stopped at the fruit stand. I, on the other hand, was predictably distracted by the well-worn walk-in cooler.
(We did get some delicious cantaloupe, though. No thanks to any effort on my part.)
Rocky Ford, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2016
Like the mist before the sun
It was a lovely morning, with the fresh, new sunlight slicing across the surf below us.
Point No Point Resort
near Sooke, British Columbia
photographed 4.22.2013
One Day | One Image 