Dem Cotton Fields ....

We went out looking for distilled water for Auntie Violet's batteries today. We took the toad and headed up Highway 60 to Salome. While it has the consolidated schools (two fairly large buildings), Salome itself is a VERY tiny town. There was a gas station that had a bit of a market attached to it -- more like a general store -- that actually did carry gallons of distilled water.


As we came back down the highway, we were trying to figure out what kind of crops were being grown. We drove down a dirt road and realized that this had been a cotton field --

You could see scraps of the cotton bolls left behind on the ground --

From a distance, we had thought these were haystacks --

But they turned out to be tightly packed huge "bales" of cotton all around the edge of the cotton fields:

A lady in this store later told us she had seen these huge bales (the size of a semi-trailer) leaving the area on railroad cars. As we drove further down the road, we saw these large metal sculptures at a metal art and pottery store --

I thought Sister Sherry would like to have these in her yard!

The lady at the store said that there were several Mexican artists who brought their works up to her every winter --

We did end up getting a small road runner to sit outside Auntie Violet's doorstep. But, I didn't take a picture. I'll have to remember to do so tomorrow...