Andrew recently spent a week in New Mexico with a cousin visiting family. Before leaving he promised to send me an agave a day, to let me know he was thinking of me. How sweet is that?
Day One, in Albuquerque.
Lots of pups!
Day Two, also Albuquerque, near the
Crossroads at Martineztown Historic Marker.
What happened here (wind? humans? critters?) is a mystery.
Day Three, still in Albuquerque. Three different scenes around town...
Day Four took them to Carrizozo, NM.
Carrizozo is a town in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat, and as of the 2020 census had a population of 972. The name of the town is derived from the Spanish vernacular for reed grass (Carrizo), which grew significantly in the area and provided excellent feed for ranch cattle. The additional "zo" at the end of the town name was added to indicate abundance of Carrizo grass. The town is now often referred to colloquially as "Zozo" (
source). No word on what the white moose is about, if that is a moose?
To the west of Carrizozo is the Carrizozo Malpais, a 40-mile-long lava flow that's some 1,500 years old. It's part of the
Valley of Fires Recreation Area. Andrew sent bonus photos...
I was impressed with the dense desert vegetation, he was quite frustrated with how grey the lava flow looks, evidently it was very black in person.
Day Five, in Las Cruces, NM. Three spiky scenes...
Day Six, still in Las Cruces.
Day Seven, still in Las Cruces, agaves on the campus of New Mexico State University.
Day Seven included bonus Texas Agaves! They flew out of El Paso and stopped at an archaeology museum beforehand, that's where these rough specimens were photographed.
Also at the museum (outside the museum that is), a rainbow grasshopper. Crazy right?
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