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I Woke in Oilfield Dirt: Pump Jack Sunrise in Loco Hills, NM

Published October 21, 2004

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

I woke in oilfield dirt this morning.

All night I’d heard whirring, clanking and coyotes in the black.

When I woke, I found Woody had found a friend.

I took their photo and hit the road.

Woody the mule standing next to a pump jack at sunrise in the Loco Hills oilfield, New Mexico, 2005
Pump jack sunrise.

More about riding Woody and Maggie from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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