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| Datil Well Campground |
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| Super-van in Datil CG #2 with our picnic shelter and firepit and latrine in the background. |
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| Sign at the campground --Datil was one of 15 former wells along the Magdalena Livestock Driveway. In 1919, the peak trailing year, 150,000 sheep and 21,677 cattle were driven to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway branch line in Magdalena. |
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| There were still some big uphills to come. |
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| Sawtooth Mountains |
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| For those of you who like elk; they are everywhere--in campgrounds, in gas station parking lots after closing time, and yes, in Elk Foundation Wildlife centers. This was our lunchtime view after crossing the Great Divide. |
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| The Very Large Array (VLA) 15 miles east of Datil has 27 radio telescopes in a "Y" pattern across the plains of San Agustin. It is linked to the Green Bank, WV system. |
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| This telescope is closest to the road; they rotated in tandem 180 degrees as we went through the valley. As the winds get higher the position gets flatter until the "bowl" points straight up to the sky. |
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| Flowers rare; varmit holes everywhere. |
Thank you so much for sharing the photos, Judy! Simply amazing and helps to make everything Drew describes in his writing so much more "real"!
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