Lineman for the County

Torrey Yuccas

In order to get electricity at our place in High Rolls we have to belong to the Otero County Electric Co-op.  Because we're members we receive a monthly magazine/newsletter called "Enchantment."  The October issue has an article ("Training to Keep the Lights On") about the lineman training school on the NMSU property.  After reading the article I now know everything there is to know about the school.  You can read the article here if you're interested:  http://issuu.com/enchantmentmagazine/docs/october-2014-enchantment/1#

Poles waiting for climbing at the lineman school

Electric box in the middle of nowhere

Electric transformer box and Becca

Look at those pile of poles at the school grounds

Not sure what the antenna-like device is for

On the road through the lineman school property

Looking back at the Tortoise

On the road that loops around the mountain

This is as far away as we got from Tortugas Mountain (left)

Don't know what this plant is (yet)

I believe this is Palafox, which I couldn't ID in an earlier post

Palafox?

Everybody knows what these are:  Ocotillos