Silver City is surprisingly urban. It's fortunes rise and fall with the nearby copper mines, and it's clearly depressed now, with almost a third of it's store fronts unoccupied. But it's a brick town, built to last, and it seems it will survive the downturn and rise again when copper is back in demand. For now, there is a vital Bohemia, with many galleries and lots of twenty somethings on the streets. The fellow to the right had no idea who Denis Hopper is, but his manner echoed any of a number of Hopper characters, particularly the camera man character in Apocalypse Now.
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Hi Roy,
ReplyDeleteArriving late to your blog party, but I've loved reading your adventures. What an amazing thing you’re doing; crazy and brave and honest too. If I sound a little envious it’s because I am.
Great photos!
-- Monique
Hi Monique,
ReplyDeleteNice to see you here. Hope all is well back in MA.
I got rid of the tent! Thanks for the encouraging words. Here are two greatest hits of Tourtoise:
http://tourtoise.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-time-at-kamp-katrina.html
http://tourtoise.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-i-made-17-fulfilled-dream-and-other.html