This is just one part of the numerous ancient salt lake beds in central N.M.
We've never seen anything quite like this before.
Or this! I guess all that salt makes for some very strange crops!
Well, time to get back and rest up for our next trip.
See you soon!
Tony & Carmela
Tony & Carmela, you certainly do get out and about!
ReplyDeleteUh, Tony? I don't know quite how to break it to you, but you know that song that was playing in the diner? Well......
ReplyDeleteCurtains, Buddy. Carmela's dating that cute parish priest from Season Two now.
Hi William! I was abandoned yesterday. Sounds like you have been too. At least it was actually your Mom's BIRTHDAY and stuff. Mine didn't even have that excuse. It was some "godson" or something. AS IF!! I should be furry son enough for her! Does this mean Screamoline won't be starring in tomorrow's post? You can give it to me straight--I can prepare myself if I know its coming.
That is some strange stuff that salt is growing, but it looks to be a bumper crop!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the field trip, mingos!
I love the first photo with flamingos! AND PINK :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Is anything done with the salt beds (i.e. the salt taken) or is it a protected area?
ReplyDeleteWe believe it is. The photos show just a part of what was a very large salt lake until about 10,000 years ago. The salt left behind was used by nearby Indian pueblo settlements and also in trade by later Spanish and Anglo settlers well into the 1900s.
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That is totally new to us as well!
ReplyDeleteOur terrain is very different.
We have more trees, but no salt beds.
Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
Treasure,Tiger, JJ and Julie
That is totally new to us as well!
ReplyDeleteOur terrain is very different.
We have more trees, but no salt beds.
Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
Treasure,Tiger, JJ and Julie
That is a good crop of wind turbines growing by the salt beds. Mum saw the salt beds when she went to Bonaire. She bought some perfumed bath salts in the market there. The salt on display was loose and smelled lovely. The salt she bought had been packaged in plastic and must have been damp or sweated because when she got home it smelled terrible..
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