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Out in the noonday sun

 
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Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the noonday sun

               Rudyard Kipling
 
While exploring the American South-West, one sees many interesting and unusual things by the roadside and beyond.
 
You can download higher quality images by clicking on the pictures below. Photographs © copyright R.J. Hodgkiss.

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Hondo, Tx Big Bend area, Texas
Hondo, Texas.
April 1993.
 
Big Bend area, Texas. The sign's upper left has benefited from a round of buckshot. April 1993.
Big Bend trail, Texas Ostrich, near Marathon, Tx. Camels Ruby, Az
Big Bend area, Texas. A splendid Nolina beside a trail in the Chisos Mountains. April 2003. An ostrich on a ranch near Marathon, Tx.
April 2003.
Camels on a ranch near to the Rio Grande Valley. April 2003. Ruby, Arizona. April 2004.
Extraterrestrial Highway Rachel, Nevada
US 375 "The Extraterrestrial Highway," Nevada. Area 51 is beyond the snowy mountains to the right. May 2006. Rachel, Nevada, close to Area 51 and a site of supposed UFO activity.
May 2006.
 
Mecca, California Joshua Tree Park Bagdad, Arizona Bagdad, Arizona
They say that everyone should visit Mecca at least once in their lifetime, so I did. May 2006. Teddy Bear Chollas are not as cuddly as they look. One touch and you're hooked.
Joshua Tree Park, May 2006.
Amazingly, the USAF had left Bagdad alone, although there was a massive hole in the ground at the far end of town. May 2006.