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I left NM in this pickup with a wife six months pregnant and the promise of a job. I pulled over on the way down the hill and took this shot of the Organs before heading out to Nevada....
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I spent some time in Organ after I was discharged from the Navy in '75, a little over a year. My folks had a garage out back that had been converted into an "efficiency apartment" and this small table by the window was the center of that universe.
These two photos were on the same roll of film as the one of Ma a few posts ago. This was the first roll of film I'd exposed in the States since 1971; I'd been gone for a while...
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In 1950 Pa said he was interested in some property below Organ but the real estate agent told him it wasn't worth his time to drive out of Cruces to show him. The growth from 1976 to now boggles the mind...
Indeed! I lived there from '64-'77 as a kid.
I don't really recognize anything in the city anymore. Love the area though, but it is a lot different these days.
The resolution of these are not very good but with the rain in Clayton I think worth a post. Clayton lake came up about 13' according to some friends. I have some more pics on Clayton NM site and FB page also.
Taken from the hill before you drop down into the ride to Clayton Lake.
From the far end of the lake you can see its green again and actually water in it compared to the tiny stream it was at that end the last two years or so. You can see pics on the above sites to compare last winter pics to now.
Your GTI looks very happy, budgetlord. Is it an automatic or a stick shift transmission?
Yes, the GTI had a blast. Nothing like having turbo boost while driving through the mountains The transmission is a 6-gear DSG "manumatic." Not a true manual, but you can use pad shifters on the steering wheel, or you can shift out of automatic mode by turning the shifter to the right and using the manual that way.
Ah, I have an automatic CVT transmission in my 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS. It has the paddle shifters on the steering wheel, too. They're great for slowing you down on downhills. Or you can just drive in conventional automatic mode if you like.
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Tularosa Basin from Sierra Blanca - 1969
The transmission is a 6-gear DSG "manumatic." Not a true manual, but you can use pad shifters on the steering wheel, or you can shift out of automatic mode by turning the shifter to the right and using the manual that way.
