Wild flowers in October

Dam built in 1916 across Rio Grande River

The water level is approx. 80 feet down at this time. (Note the white area above water which indicates the high water mark.

Sunset reflected in clouds as the full moon rises.

Our first sunrise at Elephant Butte Lake State Park.

Headed to New Mexico from Little Rock, AR

We normally do not like to travel the interstates
but leaving Little Rock, AR we had no choice.
However about 70 miles into Texas we were able to leave I30.
We drove straight west on US 380 until we reach I25 and
turned south to Elephant Butte State Park.
Most of the drive was on two lane road with wide shoulders and
actually smoother than the interstate we had just left.

Texas money cotton and oil. We probably saw over 100 miles of cotton fields along this route with no idea how many miles they run back from the highway.