Monday, February 2, 2009 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM
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Repurposed concrete adobe brick, Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM, January 25, 2009
So that's what that is...
Some time ago I noticed this unusual "rock" delineating a trail in the park. This concrete-in-a-bag "rock." And wondered what it could have been made for. When a neighbor pointed out a damaged spot in one of the campsite shelters where a careless Rv bumped it I had one of those Aha! moments - it's a fake adobe brick - used to build a fake adobe shelter, plastered with fake adobe plaster. Of course.
Night camp
Site 4 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM
- Verizon cell phone service - good signal
- Verizon EVDO service - good signal
- Find other references to Rockhound on this website
- List the nights I've camped here
- Go to the Rockhound State Park website
- Get a Google map of this area
- Check the weather here
Lifestyle's Supports and the Difficulty of Understanding
... In a life that depends on results and not just intentions, it is vital to be able to examine and question EVERYTHING. Sacred cows eat people out of house and home and bring them to their ends in ruin. Blind belief in anything kills.
My favorite quote from Wendell Barry [sic] (other than his mad farmer poems that is) is from Long-Legged House: