On the long road down from the Guadalupe Mountains, I found an old motel that is in substantial disrepair. I decided that it’s better to stop and make some images than to think “I should have stopped and shot a few frames” another hundred miles down the road.
So, the Girl and I stopped, parked, and wandered around the old structures for a half hour or so. She managed to find a lot of stickers, poor thing. So I had to stop now and again and remove them from her pads. Nonetheless, I think we both enjoyed exploring — each in our own way.
Edit: This is where Ki managed to contract leptospirosis from drinking tainted water. I remember her lapping some rainwater runoff from a puddle. A week later she was a very sick girl who spent a couple of days in intensive care. She rallied and I was relieved. I am more circumspect about Sera’s drinking of unknown water. [Dated 30 October 2026]