Holy jumping desert phenomenon! Now just out side of Lordsburg, NM. I can see at least 5 different dust devils of various sizes. I guess that indicates some pretty active thermals in the area. The nice thing about the desert is you can see for miles so almost any feature is easily noticed. And just so you are aware in Lordsburg they serve “real Mexican Food” as apposed to fake Mexican food! ( at least that is what the sign on the cafe in town says!) Along about supper time we will cross over into Arizona. All this time from Texas on to California we will be in the “Gladsten Purchase.” In the 1840s the United States purchased a small part of Mexico to extend the border to accommodate the railroad which was not to be built until the 1870s. That route is the one that the present day Sunset Limited ( the train that I am riding ) takes. It was the old Southern Pacific route.
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