Dad called them the cardboard mountains

By rebelann1949

@rebelann (117238)

El Paso, Texas

August 11, 2017 2:56pm CST

I've been fascinated with the mountains in Las Cruces NM ever since I got a drivers license. I recall dad always calling them the cardboard mountains but officially they are the Organ mountains. I took the above shot in 1998 or so but I'll never be able to get another shot like this one as the area in the front of the shot has been developed and is now a suburb. Can you tell how short the vegetation is? There are no tall trees in this region.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)

• Pamplona, Spain

11 Aug 17

Those are some beautiful mountains and a great photo too. Things change so much sometimes and we would like them to stay like that forever.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)

• Pamplona, Spain

12 Aug 17

@rebelann Progress can ruin so many nice things and I love the unspoiled look of some places I remember but sadly they all changed.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Thank you, they truly are beautiful. You're right, sadly they call it progress.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Yeah, progress is unkind to our planet @lovinangelsinstead21

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69177)

• Centralia, Washington

11 Aug 17

A suburb there? Its a John Wayne movie set. Just gorgeous.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Aug 17

Yeah, they're ruining MY desert and Mountains around here ..... I just wish they'd listen to me.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Oh, that is really sad @sallypup people are so greedy these days especially contractors and developers

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (69177)

• Centralia, Washington

12 Aug 17

@rebelann Your comment reminds me of my deep sadness about what happened to the grand farm house that I knew as a kid. Why was there the need to burn it down plus its lovely old red barn??? I do not have the heart to drive by that property when I am in that area. Makes my gut ache.

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@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

11 Aug 17

Beautiful picture.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Aug 17

Thank you, I'm glad you think so.

@TiarasOceanView (70020)

• United States

11 Aug 17

Why did he call them cardboard Rebel?

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Aug 17

Dad thought they looked like they'd be cut out of cardboard then painted.

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@TiarasOceanView (70020)

• United States

12 Aug 17

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@Marilynda1225 (91116)

• United States

11 Aug 17

Beautiful photo and its a shame that portion has been developed. NM has always been a state I wanted to visit

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Aug 17

Thank you. NM is an interesting state, if I didn't have cats I'd take Ally and travel all over it.

@Morleyhunt (21741)

• Canada

11 Aug 17

That is a beautiful photo. I've never been to New Mexico, but this is something I would love to see for myself.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Aug 17

Thank you. New Mexico is called the land of Enchantment and these mountains are only part of the many interesting things you might want to see.

@velvet53 (24417)

• Palisade, Colorado

12 Aug 17

Wouldn't it be nice if they could of stayed like this? They are beautiful.

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@velvet53 (24417)

• Palisade, Colorado

12 Aug 17

@rebelann It is happening everywhere. I hate seeing it but there isn't much that can be done about it. Most people forget about the beauty cause they are to busy wanting to make a buck.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Yeah, sad to say you're right @velvet53

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Yes it would have been nice. Damn fools call it progress, I call it destruction.

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@Letranknight2015 (52665)

• Philippines

12 Aug 17

It's full of rocks, I wonder if there was any one that has ever lived there. And it's a beautiful photo.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

They are in Las Cruces New Mexico, the second largest city in NM.

@PatZAnthony (14749)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

11 Aug 17

How did you father come to call these mountains by that name @Rebelann That is a great shot.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Aug 17

When he first saw them he commented that they looked like they'd been cut out of cardboard then painted. I never saw them that way but my perception is totally different. Thank you, glad you like my shot.

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@LadyDuck (502491)

• Italy

12 Aug 17

It's because of the altitude, we also have no vegetation on high altitude. I have loved visiting New Mexico.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Did you visit Las Cruces?

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Those Organ mountains are so much prettier than our Franklins @LadyDuck how long ago did you make that trip?

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@LadyDuck (502491)

• Italy

12 Aug 17

@rebelann Yes we did, because we came down from Santa Fe to El Paso, so we passed through Albuquerque and Las Cruces.

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@KristenH (33591)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

11 Aug 17

That's a great shot.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Aug 17

Thank you.

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@KristenH (33591)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

12 Aug 17

@rebelann WElcome

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@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

11 Aug 17

I have seen those mountains passing by Las Cruces on the way to El Paso.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Awesome

. Did you get to see them at sunset when they sometimes turn red for a split second?

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@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

1 Jul 18

@rebelann I think they are very interesting mountains and you captured them just right.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

1 Jul 18

Thank you, I was lucky that day.

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

1 Jul 18

Thank you @Hannihar

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@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

1 Jul 18

@rebelann You really captured it.

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@YrNemo (20254)

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12 Aug 17

They do look like they were made out of cardboard scrunching up don't they?

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Oh wow, now I get it. I never did understand why dad saw them that way and here someone who never knew him gave me the answer, thanks

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@rebelann (117238)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Aug 17

Being an Army brat I never got to do those kinds of things because we moved so often @YrNemo

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@YrNemo (20254)

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12 Aug 17

The RC sisters taught us how to make the background for Christmas Nativity Scene from scrunching up old newspaper or brown paper, then sprayed it with certain stuff... Those mountains reminded me strongly of one we did, quite successful too.

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