Austin to Alburquerque has been the longest day on the road for us, yet. Having driven primarily in the Northeast, we had no real comparative measure for the vastness of the land, as seen from inside a seemingly insignificant little car, as well as the relentless nature of the road. One could go miles upon tens of miles, at speeds close to a 100mph and with little or no company. We did some stretches on backroads and some on Interstate 10. Nothing was quite as telling a commentary on the past and future of energy (and, possibly, of Texas) as the juxtaposition of decades old donkey (oil pumping rig) rearing its head up and down in the foreground with giant blades of large wind turbines in the background. We had the unusual pleasure, too, of overtaking a truck carrying a couple of rotor blades for one such turbine. Really large, when you make its acquaintance up close at a 90mph on a lonely stretch of Texas highway.
Wind turbines dominating the mesas en route from Austin to Albuquerque
Cacti
An old "donkey" scraping the bottom of the well. It was interesting to see these, obviously, retail operations. One or two donkeys on a piece of land. Collecting into small tankers, which one imagines are carried by tankers to refineries far-away. 
A tractor trailer with two wind-turbine blades, zig-zagging in cross-winds, on Interstate 10
An abandoned gas station and adjacent motel, currently being used to store straw-bales. Poetic justice.
Eichen Strasse?? Where do they think they are?
An old, beautiful, church. There are a lot of churches here. But for the most part they are a part of the strip mall landscape. Utterly uninspiring in their architecture. God probably doesn't care much what his house looks like. This one was an exception.
An old home.
National Museum of the Pacific War?! 
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