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NEW MEXICO-
LORDSBURG
, NM- 3/14/99

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After the rock show we travel west  to Lordsburg, New Mexico, and stay at a KOA. campground.  After finding our parking spot we just can't sit still.  Instead of relaxing, we head off in the Tracker to a restored ghost town nearby called Shakespeare.  Wyatt Earp used to party here. 

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wpe83F.jpg (7795 bytes) wpe840.jpg (8851 bytes) wpe82D.jpg (3078 bytes) wpe82E.jpg (3020 bytes) A couple of miles beyond Shakespeare... you guessed it... we go rock hunting in the tailings of some old mines.
wpe82B.jpg (8173 bytes) wpe83A.jpg (7284 bytes) A herd of cows stop by and says a good evening to us, and a couple of jack rabbits hop down the bunny trail in front of us. wpe834.jpg (5411 bytes) wpe83E.jpg (8051 bytes)
wpe842.jpg (13254 bytes) In between rock hunting and bunny watching, we gather a few more pictures of the unique plant life in the desert around Lordsburg. wpe838.jpg (14031 bytes) wpe83B.jpg (11629 bytes)
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We are going to leave Lordsburg this morning, but first we want one last crack at the rocks of thearea. A drive back toward Shakespeare, taking the left fork at the cemetery, produces great scenery, but few rocks for our efforts.
wpe83D.jpg (11136 bytes) A right on the road by the cemetery takes us back to the area we were searching the day before. Paul finds some old mines high on the mountainside that produce some great rocks like those found at Kingston, New Mexico, and I find some nice crystal patterns.

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wpe83C.jpg (11629 bytes) We take great delight in "show-n-tell" when we review our rock finds. wpe828.jpg (10320 bytes) wpe80A.jpg (4986 bytes) wpe821.jpg (4363 bytes)
wpe812.jpg (10442 bytes) We can't resist a few more pictures of the desert before we hit the road, featuring the "Lichens of Lordsburg" wpe81A.jpg (10161 bytes) wpe813.jpg (6545 bytes) wpe814.jpg (10597 bytes)
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wpe810.jpg (4965 bytes) After a couple of hours on the rock pile, we come back to town and eat at Kentucky "Greasy" Fried Chicken, tour the big town looking for a grocery store, scrape out a lived-in RV, and head for the border… the Arizona border that is
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