Rapide

Not really. The speed limit was 75. In a Toyota Corolla.

Shoes

Fort Bayard, New Mexico.

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New Things, Old Sign

The dead things may be brand new, but the sign? Not so much. Spotted outside a fossil and gem shop in Yarnell, Arizona.

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Melodramatic Facade

On weekends, after your dinner at the Buckhorn Saloon, walk next door to the historic Pinos Altos Opera House for an evening of slapstick and melodrama. With productions of such titles as "Take Us To Your Leaderhosen or... One World Order To Go, Hold The Mao", it's a place where you can check your cares at the door and toss some popcorn at the bad guys.

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Kurt Vonnegut 1922 - 2007

This is devastating news to me. He was, simply, my favorite author during my adolescent years. If you could wrap your head around a Vonnegut novel, you could see into his mind and understand how he was thinking. Not all of his books were easy reads, but never put a book of his down without feeling somehow exercised mentally. Kurt, you will be sorely missed.

Author Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84 - Yahoo! News

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Lightship Overfalls

Lightships were used as navigation beacons back in the days before radio to help keep ships from dangerous shoals near the coast. As new technologies took hold in the 20th century, the era of lightships faded away. Lewes, Delaware.

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Old Western Saloon

The Buckhorn Saloon has operated on this site in Pinos Altos, New Mexico for over 140 years, offering fine meals to travelers on their journeys.

You can sit outside while waiting for your table, but not a lot of traffic passes by in this quiet little settlement of less than 1000 people.

Once inside, you're greeted by the smoky smell of the wood stove, and you're led into a dining room shaped by hewn timbers for a meal topped in quality only by the quaint old time atmosphere.

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Pillowy Billowy

I found this picture in quite an unusual location. If you dig just a little bit, you can find out for yourself.

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General Store

The old west General Store. A place to procure provisions, post your mail, and have a nice ice cream sundae. After you eat at the saloon down the way, of course. But more about that later. Pinos Altos, New Mexico, along the Continental Divide.

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Hole

Here I am, deep in the heart of the Old West, and I encounter this restaurant window. I wonder what caused the hole?

I read today that New Mexico has been rated the second most dangerous state in the country.

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