Sombrerete, Día de la Revolución, 2009

Rural West Zacatecas

 

Rural West Zacatecas

Sep 12 - Albino Frog

An albino frog I found near a stream while hiking in the mountains south of the San Martin Mine.

Sep 10 - Abandoned Mine Truck

Abandoned mine truck riddled with bullet holes near a maintenance facility.

Rural West Zacatecas

 

 

 

Aug 2 - Cerra Buffa Museum

On Cerra Buffa there is a military museum focusing on the Battle of Zacatecas.

Artillery piece outside the entrance to the museum.

A French M1892 revolver.

A Colt Single-Action Army revolver.

Artillery piece.

Map of the battle of Zacatecas.

Aug 1 - Mountains South of Sombrerete

There's some very beautiful painted mesas and rock formations just south of Sombrerete that can be seen from the road linking Sombrerete, Suchil and Chalchihuites. Finally I decided to go on foot and explore the area a little.

A foreboding rock landscape. The rocks vary in size from pebbles to as big as SUVs.

Odd looking cactus' and colorful moss growing out of the mesa face. Sorry, I'm not much of botanist.

The Sombrerete-Suchil road. Looking North towards Sombrerete

The Sombrerete-Suchil road. Looking west towards the Durango-Zacatecas border.

Rancher trail that runs close to the road.

Rocky stream that runs just off the horse trail.

TAKEN WITH PANASONIC DZH-FZ8, AUGUST 1, 2009

Jul 10 - Sombrerete Five-O

Later on we took a stroll down main street where we met some Sombrerete Municipal Police who were nice enough to show of their pistols for my camera.

Jul 10 - Social Lubricant

Me and three friends at a secluded area enjoying some social lubricant. This is a popular activity since drinking in public is illegal in Sombrerete and the bars are either very expensive or really sketchy.

Jun 5 - River Bed

Eroded dried up river bed in Sierra Organos.

Jun 5 - Lizard

While climbing the mesa I saw some lizards. I believe both these are young Spiny lizards.

Jun 5 - Sierra Organos

"Parque Nacional Sierra de Órganos" on the Zacatecas-Durango border. So called because the tall jagged mesas resemble church organ pipes.  Here's a few photos I took while attempting to climb one.

May 20 - San Martin at Night

San Martin looks pretty colorful with the amber and bluish street lights.

April 2 - Mosin-Nagant M1891/31

A couple of shots of my friends shooting my Soviet Mosin-Nagant M1891/31 (1943 dated) rifle. The bayonet is attached for historical purposes, as these rifles were intended to be fired with them fixed. Indeed the bayonet was supposed to attached at all times except during maintenance. These rifles were sighted with the bayonets attached so shooting them without the bayonet attached is said to adversely affect accuracy at longer ranges (due to barrel harmonics I suppose) but I haven't really had much chances to test whether this is true or not.

Working the bolt.

Nathan taking aim a coke can

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