Anyone who says the journey is the best part, not the destination, could have been talking about the American Southwest.
It has so much geographic, topographic and demographic diversity that you want to stop in almost every town, eat at every restaurant or sometimes just stop and admire the beautiful skies, the stunning mountains, the sturdy plants.Latinos have lived there for over 425 years. Some can trace their heritage to the Spanish settlers who arrived in New Mexico before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Others are just putting down roots.I couldn’t, of course.
A memorial dedicated to victims of the 2019 El Paso Walmart massacre at Jim Crouch Park in El Paso, Texas. Gustavo Arellano takes a roadtrip across the southwest. In August 2024, the city of El Paso unveiled a monument to the victims of the 2019 Walmart massacre in the southwestern corner of Jim Crouch Park — minutes away from where 23 were killed and 22 wounded.
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