Fascinating unexpected tidbits by everyone!
Stefan, I was in the western part of the US last week and saw some similar sights.
And I think I saw millions of Cylindropuntia (?) with bright pink flowers in Colorado & New Mexico:
High in the Rocky Mountains!
This adorable little fella has the most amazing view, at a lookout point said to be over 11,000 feet up
Supposed to be the biggest shovel in Texas:
Thousands of windmills:
"Cadillac Ranch" in Amarillo Texas:
A pool shaped like Texas (sorry I could only get a pic from the upside-down side) @ the Big Texan in Amarillo, where your meal is free if you can eat a 72 oz. steak. None of us tried that.:
A beautiful pot at Denver Botanical Garden:
...need to figure out why not all of my pics sync'ed to cloud drive... more amazing plants @ that Bot garden, will post 'em as soon as I can make them behave.