This morning I took off a couple hours after sunrise on flight 35:

I flew east to visit active mining near the Padre y Madre Mine, which was first worked in the late 1700s.  The modern mine is a pit mining operation.  The massive pit is to the right, and the sandy terrain under me is all tailings:

The Cargo Muchacho mountains rise up to the north. I briefly entered the canyon that contains the massive American Girl pit mine, now idle, but I was concerned about unstable air coming up and over the mountains, so I decided against going over there:

This brown butte was also interesting:

I passed by (and over) all sorts of off road vehicles heading out to explore the area:

We had a full day of homeschool today, including B’s math lesson with Trish:

Trish and B made hamantashen:

M and B collected and chopped up a couple dead ocotillos for firewood:

Trish made a doll hat for B’s doll:

In the late afternoon, the kids and I went for a bike ride to explore abandoned mines in the area:

On the way home we found half a car in a wash:

The kids love doing their campfire, even though it’s in the mid 70s when we do it:

Trish created some Purim art based on the artistic style of Keith Haring: