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Sunday, February 17, 2008 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM

Sunrise, Rockhound Stake Park, Deming, New Mexico, February 16, 2008
Sunrise, Rockhound State Park, Deming, New Mexico, February 16, 2008

Sunrise at Rockhound State Park

Rockhound State Park backs up against a ridge on the north side of this little valley and overlooks the mountainside to its south. The early morning light playing off that mountain ridge and the clouds it precipitates from the cool moisture passing by on the prevailing winds is endlessly fascinating.

And drop dead gorgeous. What a glorious view to wake up to.

Night camp

Site 28 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM

What I've Learned

Such delicate goods as justice, love, honor and courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for, are valid everywhere but they are variously molded and often differently handled and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land, and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease with their fellows.

The Middle of Everywhere, Freya Stark quoted by Mary Pipher, pg 339

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