Unexpected New Mexico
Reeds across the road, Arroyo Seco
This has definitely not been the New Mexico that I expected to be photographing. I had expected to be capturing images of big landscapes, deserts, storms, distant mountains. It’s not that New Mexico’s geography or climate has changed in the two years since we were last here; it’s the subtle differences in the location of our rental house, my daughters age, and the dynamics of having one of their friends along with us. Instead of piling the girls in the back of the car and driving out into the landscape we have been going to music festivals, rodeos, providing a taxi service to the movies, or reading books and walking two blocks to the ice cream store. I am not disappointed, just surprised.
Maybe there will be more landscape in the remaining three open days? Sunday is July 4th and will be filled with the Arroyo Seco parade and celebrations; that should be another good opportunity for photography but not for distant horizons. July 5th we drive home. So, three days to catch a storm over the desert, or maybe three days to just hang out with the kids? At 15 we only have a couple more family vacations before they flee the nest.
