NOMAD DREAMING

Carrizozo dreaming. Ghosts and yucca. Defining the shadows of dereliction. #carrizozo #yucca #dereliction

Southwest architectural textures. Del Sol, Carizozo,NM #architecture #carrizozo #southwest

My latest geological love: the Carrizozo Malpais , on the northern part of Tularosa Basin, looking towards the Sierra Blanca. There I was: scrambling around a’a lava flows (which might be 1000 - 5000 years old) in Hawaiian rubber slippahs (flip flops to you) when I though: rattlesnake territory. Kinda got cautious after that. But the view and the desert vegetation both are magnificent. Note to self: explore here in winter or wear high boots. #carrizozo #malpais #lava #geology

Black and blue, not bruised. A little walk through the Carrizozo Malpais lava flow under impossibly blue skies. More technical information on this particular lava flow dating from 5000-700 years back can be found here. Pelehonuamea welcomes me.  Sometimes xeric landscapes feel like home. Badlands. Malpais. Valley of Fires Recreation Area off US Route 380 just west of Carrizozo, NM . BLM land. Worth exploring. Rattlesnake alert. #badlands #malpais #carrizozo #carrizozolavaflow

The ringing silence on Carrizozo’s historic 12th Street on a Saturday afternoon is not without basic instruction for life. Forget “just breathe”. The ghost of Billy the Kid has other advice. #carrizozo #roadtrip #art #BillytheKid #NewMexico #smalltown #publicart #sculpture #metalwork

Looking for Toto under the thin crescent of a Kansas moon. In Carrizozo , New Mexico, (pop 936), some burros bear strange stories. #carrizozo #newmexico #roadtrip #travel #burro #wizardofoz #art #fantasy #story