First Light, More Jesse James and Nelson Harshberger at Valentine, Arizona

 July 19, 2023

   Got out on the road at 5:30 this morning. Slightly cooler, 73 degrees, until the sun comes up and here it is lighting up Elephant Butte on the road up to Morningstart.

First Light On Elephant Butte

   Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'm still trying to thread that needle between a simple Missouri farm boy and how he became a cold-blooded killer.

Daily Whip Out:

"Jesse James Stone Cold Killer"

So Dan The Man came up with this combo idea:

Jesse James Remains The Same

   Yes, that Harshberger Kid is not too shabby. Must have got his design sense from his dad Nelson, seen here at their gas station in 1932.

Nelson at Valentine, Arizona on old Route 66

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