{"id":793,"date":"2011-06-06T16:31:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T21:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/?p=793"},"modified":"2018-12-17T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:37:07","slug":"albuquerque-new-mexico-and-pajarito-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/albuquerque-new-mexico-and-pajarito-mesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Albuquerque, New Mexico and Pajarito Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I flew to New Mexico to attend the amazing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitcenter.org\/reviews\/overview\/review_santa_fe_2011\">Review Santa Fe<\/a> (about which I may write later), and I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a day in Albuquerque  before heading northeast. The highlight of my brief visit to Albuquerque was spending a little time in a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonia_(United_States)\">colonia<\/a> to the southwest of town on the Pajarito Mesa.<\/p>\n<p>Due to a variety of legal issues, the 400 family colonia has no public utilities, including running water, electricity or direct access to school busing for children. Despite this immigrant community living on the mesa for approximately 25 years, it only recently received a well to fill portable water tanks. Residents previously had to drive several miles off of the mesa for potable water. The new well offers 1,000 gallons of water for $10.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about the community can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhi.org\/online\/issues\/146\/organize.html\">found<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpovertylaw.org\/WP-nmclp\/wordpress\/?page_id=299\">here<\/a>. A few of my photographs of the area are immediately below, followed by others from Albuquerque and its edges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5794227137\/\" title=\"Warning: Purchasing Property on the Pajarito Mesa May be Illegal by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5229\/5794227137_28da62dfac.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Warning: Purchasing Property on the Pajarito Mesa May be Illegal\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5794230505\/\" title=\"Filling the Water Tank by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3317\/5794230505_92c7cd0333.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Filling the Water Tank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5794255883\/\" title=\"Colonia Pajarito Mesa by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3564\/5794255883_f7d298cbda.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Colonia Pajarito Mesa\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5794817008\/\" title=\"Entrance by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2077\/5794817008_33e28b8629.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Entrance\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5794772934\/\" title=\"Residential Building by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3644\/5794772934_08f25ab686.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Residential Building\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5788919621\/\" title=\"In the Dust, Out West by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3657\/5788919621_31b9848157.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"In the Dust, Out West\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5789488494\/\" title=\"In the Dairy Lot by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2690\/5789488494_42e97287f6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"In the Dairy Lot\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5788900879\/\" title=\"Swamp Cooler Service by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2065\/5788900879_e37f54c8fe.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Swamp Cooler Service\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5788944217\/\" title=\"A Road Through the Scrap Piles by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5227\/5788944217_14487c6ed9.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"A Road Through the Scrap Piles\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/5788968425\/\" title=\"Mt. Calvary Cemetery by metroblossom, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3123\/5788968425_cf31a47c8e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Mt. Calvary Cemetery\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As always, additional images are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/metroblossom\/sets\/72157626741511365\/\">on flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I flew to New Mexico to attend the amazing Review Santa Fe (about which I may write later), and I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a day in Albuquerque before heading northeast. 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