Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Elephant Butte NM
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Sunrise, South Monticello Area, Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Elephant Butte NM, April 15, 2009
My new Panasonic FZ28 camera's first sunrise was a beaut
I took a bunch of pictures this morning and chose this one to mess with, pumping it up more than a little.
Night camp
Site 32, South Monticello Point - Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Elephant Butte NM
- Verizon cell phone service - very good
- Verizon EVDO service - very good
- Find other references to Elephant Butte on this website
- List the nights I've camped here
- Go to the Elephant Butte Lake State Park website
- Get a Google map of this area
- Check the weather here
Hobnobbing with Brigham Young
The day following my arrival in the flourishing City of the Saints, as they called it then and still call it, I very unexpectedly met and formed the acquaintance of Brigham Young. I was riding along at the head of my flock of sheep when a stoutly built, florid faced genteel-looking man, whose hair was just turning gray, walked down to the street from one of the most pretentious residences in the place and inquired whose sheep I had charge of.