I've started taking the I-40 exits to the towns that once spanned U.S. 66 in New Mexico and Texas, and breathing, and thinking.
Clark quote, when someone told me not to be in a hurry: "I left hurry in Oklahoma." My friend Mark Zimmerman is a professional photographer with a real knack and talent for documentary photography, and he inspired me to this project.
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| Fading away... |
A couple of months ago I stopped on the Texas-New Mexico border and took photos of Glen Rio.
Here's another chapter, Newkirk, N.M., between Tucumcari and Santa Rosa, where I turned off to head up the back roads to Las Vegas.
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| Backsliding away... |
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| What kind of bottles? |
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| Fill 'er up |
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| Not exactly Motel 6...I wonder who stayed in those rooms? |
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| Can I thumb a ride? |
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| It's just not the same |
I love old ruins.
ReplyDeleteMe too, especially since I get older....but you grew up around real ruins--Pecos!
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