Forgive the long, extended posts of the Mad Cap Socialist Self Analysis. Once everything's up, I'll create better organization on the sidebar.
I'm returning to New Mexico this weekend for a visit. It's been over two years since I've been to my home state. I don't know if Los Alamos will be on the agenda since my family now lives in Santa Fe and the driving distance between towns in New Mexico is at least 45 minutes. New Mexico is a BIG state, where it's 45 minutes between every town, and it'll take a full eight hours to go from one end of the state to the other. Yet, New Mexico has as many people in the entire state as the population of Chicago. This is a hard reality for people from the east and midwest US to grasp.
It's also a strange difference to go from a place like Chicago where there is an large fresh water source right by the city to New Mexico, where there is no water. My family has to buy their water if their well doesn't get enough run-off from snowfall or the sparse rainfall. No leaving the sinks or showers running to wait for hot water, keep the toilet flushes down, and be prepared for chapped lips. In Chicago, there's never an issue of too many flushes or water being left on.
Since I'm writing my history and about to physically re-visit it, I wonder how it will look and feel having been away so long. Even if Los Alamos isn't a part of our visit, I can't help but wonder if the barbed wire fences put in to prevent a Nazi invasion in 1944 are still up in the canyons surrounding the city. I'll have to drive past the guard tower at the front of town to find out.
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