Daughter loves her new camera. She wouldn't even take it off while sitting on the sofa this weekend! Took over 100 pictures in two days.
We went to the Botanical Gardens yesterday for Pollinator Awareness week. Today, we went to the Albuquerque (Barelas) Rail Yard. Lots of good photo opportunities plus education.
The rail yard was interesting. I was rather disappointed in how little history was openly available. Luckily, I had enough knowledge to tell daughter what different structures were for. She was impressed when other people started gathering around me while I was talking to her, asking me questions. I was the only person standing there that could explain the function of the equipment and the reason buildings were constructed the way they were.
It was also disappointing that one of the most interesting features of a rail yard is off limits. The round house/yard. I actually gave daughter incorrect information based on remaining rail structure. I thought the structure was gone but the rail portion still exists, in a section which is fenced off. The building was demolished years ago.
I also did not understand the logistics of why the whole thing was built here, when the closest east/west rail lines are hundreds of miles away. I had to look up a map of rail lines from 1902 to understand the rationale. Then it made a lot more sense.
We both agreed to not go to the event at the Open Space Visitor Center today because it was too hot and dry. Humidity is currently 7 percent and that is up considerably from during the daytime. Neither of us wanted to spend much time out in it.
We went to the Botanical Gardens yesterday for Pollinator Awareness week. Today, we went to the Albuquerque (Barelas) Rail Yard. Lots of good photo opportunities plus education.
The rail yard was interesting. I was rather disappointed in how little history was openly available. Luckily, I had enough knowledge to tell daughter what different structures were for. She was impressed when other people started gathering around me while I was talking to her, asking me questions. I was the only person standing there that could explain the function of the equipment and the reason buildings were constructed the way they were.
It was also disappointing that one of the most interesting features of a rail yard is off limits. The round house/yard. I actually gave daughter incorrect information based on remaining rail structure. I thought the structure was gone but the rail portion still exists, in a section which is fenced off. The building was demolished years ago.
I also did not understand the logistics of why the whole thing was built here, when the closest east/west rail lines are hundreds of miles away. I had to look up a map of rail lines from 1902 to understand the rationale. Then it made a lot more sense.
We both agreed to not go to the event at the Open Space Visitor Center today because it was too hot and dry. Humidity is currently 7 percent and that is up considerably from during the daytime. Neither of us wanted to spend much time out in it.
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