Artesia, NM

Leaving Odessa, TX, there were many kinds of

oil pumpers to be seen on the way to Artesia, NM.

Here is one of the oil drilling derricks

we saw along the way.  Once oil is found, the 

derrick is removed and a pumper replaces it.

I finally got a good sign of New Mexico!

The wide expanse of the NM landscape.

This was a common sight along the way.

Here you see excess natural gas being burned

off from refining oil.  The winds are quite strong.

Center court at Los Pecos Inn, Artesia, NM.

There were several beautiful bronzes

here in town.  This one celebrates the first

men who began to search for oil in NM.

"Women's Intuition"

"Partners"

The partnership these two men formed

made them very wealthy people.