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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

Monopoly Money

During the 1990s I knew all the dot-coms would go to hell, because when I thought about them the only images I saw were rented office space and computers that would be obsolete in two years. There wasn't anything real I could picture; the companies had no hard assets. My stockbroker asked me how I knew the two stock market crashes would happen, and I told him, "When the Monopoly play money starts jerking around the real money you're in trouble."

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