Winter is grinding on...
... and on and on!! I'm whining cuz I like to complain and I'm good at it! But the various railroads lines that pass through San Pedro Valley are probably indifferent to my forte . They just keep coming and going and none of them stop to say "great whine dude!" They just keep moving thru town. What you see below is freight passing thru Benson and on to the East side of the San Pedro Valley. The hills in the distance are about 12 miles away.. We see a passenger train come thru daily (I think!)... AmTrak. They stop on the East side of Benson for passengers to get off or board. Mid-morning freight train passing thru San Pedro Valley. The mass of trains, however, carry freight and are passing thru- they don't stop (except to allow other trains to pass). Like this freight train winding its way across the valley floor. The mountains on the horizon are apparently part of what are named the Galiuro Mountains (I've never heard that named mentioned by locals). There...