A few more photos
Category: Travel...
Posted Friday, October 28, 2005 at 08:41 AM [GMT-6]

Update: I meant to provide this along with the original post and forgot, but here's a satellite shot of Guadalupe Mountains National Park courtesy of Google Maps. (OK, it also could be a macro photo of a leaf of lettuce, but that's neither here nor there.) As best I can determine, the park visitor's center is near the upper right corner of the page; El Capitan is near the lower left corner, and Guadalupe Peak is a few inches higher on the page above El Capitan. This series of satellite photos is also interesting in that it seems to be a patchwork of images taken at different times...perhaps even in different years. It shows the difference that some rainfall can make in the desert.

A number of you have asked for more photos from our recently completed tour of the mountains of west Texas, presumably not because of my superior picture-taking skills but under the mistaken assumption that more photos equals less writing. Ha. You hopeless dreamers. Nevertheless, ever-willing as I am to give the Gazette's loyal nanoaudience what it requests (up to a point), here's some more visual stuff.

Same drill as before...click on the thumbnail to see the larger image, which will be in the 75-150kb range, size-wise.

Above: Views from a point near the summit of Guadalupe Peak.

Above left: Looking in the general direction of El Paso from the summit of Guadalupe Peak.
Above right: Nature can be unforgiving in this part of the country, but even in death, these trees have a certain beauty.

Above left: Life has a way of fighting back, however. This tiny pine tree seems to be flourishing, even on a footing of solid rock.
Above right: The highway from Fort Davis to Marfa is wide and sparsely-traveled...ideal for a day-trip via bicycle.

Above left: This is a view of the living room in the Carriage House of the Veranda Bed and Breakfast in Fort Davis. Not exactly rustic, is it?
Above right: The porch, complete with rocking chairs, looks out into an enclosed courtyard at the Veranda. This courtyard is also the B&B's wifi hotspot, being in close proximity to the Fort Davis newspaper's unsecured wireless network. Not a bad place to check email...

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