They say everything's big in Texas. Here's a rest stop 60 miles east of Amarillo. It has a museum-quality exhibit about windmill power inside.

It overlooks this dry gulch-like area that looks like the backdrop of a cowboy movie.



Beep beep! This roadrunner provided an opportunity to try out my zoom lens.



A song about Hank Williams' ghost was playing as I drove towards New Mexico, with these little flat-topped hills (mesas) in the distance.



Sunset in New Mexico. I arrived in Santa Fe that evening...