Whenever we have guests from out of state we like to take them to see Leon's "Office" in the New Mexico wilderness. We spent the day on Saturday wandering around BLM land in the high desert. Lots of Rocks. Some scenes may look familiar as I've posted similar photos before.
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| Cactus growing in the rock crevices |
This is the area Leon calls "Mars" but perhaps "Moon" would also describe the terrain.
Leon overseeing his territory.
Later that evening we dragged out some old VCR video tapes that we hadn't looked at since they were filmed in 1993.
We were on a trip to California to visit a friend Tommy and as the movie unfolded with views of the California coast Leon and I were both puzzled by our complete lack of recognition of what we were seeing.
Neither of us recognized the location, the buildings, the scenery, or the entire experience itself.
I swore that I was not actually there, that Leon must have gone alone...but he didn't recall any of the scenes depicted in the video either... until I heard my voice on the tape and soon enough, my own image!
How is it possible that such a trip that we took together in 1993 has been erased from our memory?
We did recall some of the events that occurred later in the video, but without the details that we were seeing.
We did remember that we rented a car in California and drove to Arizona and the Grand Canyon. I will not forget my experience of seeing the Grand Canyon early in the morning just after sunrise before any crowds had arrived.
But so much of the rest of the trip...Vanishing memories...scary.
Stills from the video on our TV:
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1 comment:
Such rugged but beautiful landscape. And yes, Leon is King of the Hill! I think it's very common to forget entire incidents and occurrences from decades ago -- our brains can only hold so much info, so some things get jettisoned to make way for new info and memories!
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