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El Paso Fall Colors 2012 — Part 1


Yesterday, November 25, El Paso was still suffering through roadster weather.  The skies were clear, the temperatures made it into the low 70s (around 21° to 22° Celsius), and the colors of fall are beginning to lose their luster.  We were a bit late this year getting out into El Paso’s Upper Valley area along the Rio Grande.  Not all the photos were taken in this area, however.  Some were snapped nearer to the Franklin Mountains close to where we live.

Even so, we still managed to capture some of the color.  For this day’s photographs I used the Canon G1 X.  I selected ISO 100 for maximum detail, and white balance was set to sunny daylight.  Minor adjustments were made in post processing to enhance contrast and color saturation.

So, this week we celebrate the fall colors of El Paso, starting with the following:

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El Paso’s Mission Trail — Part 3


It’s Black Friday.  Gotta get in line behind Don Juan de Oñate at the local Best Buy.

Today I’m going to let the photography do my speaking as we finish up our tour of El Paso’s Mission Trail:

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El Paso’s Mission Trail — Part 2


Today we’ll concentrate on the San Elizario portion of El Paso’s Mission Trail.  Why?  Because tomorrow is Thanksgiving.  And, as we all know, the first Thanksgiving Feast took place in San Elizario on April 30, 1598.  You did know that, didn’t you?  I mean, you didn’t believe that stuff you “learned” in grade school about the Pilgrims and their little get together in 1621, did you?

The person responsible for this first Thanksgiving was Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate.  Don Juan was passing through on his way to New Mexico, probably headed for Santa Fe’s great art galleries and exquisite gourmet restaurants.  But, in recognition that the trip would be a long one because I-25 had not yet reached I-10 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Don Juan stopped in San Elizario and told his accompanying friars to put together a Thanksgiving Mass.  The following feast consisted of duck (the “duck” in “turducken”), geese , fish, freshly baked pumpkin pie from Costco, and several large orders of fries from a nearby McDonald’s.

Okay . . . I made those last two up.  I just wanted to see if you were paying attention.  Now that you’re once again awake, here are pictures of San Elizario today:

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