[Clinging Bitterly]

Yep, Russian thistle. I am a couple counties south of Clovis and make the trip up there quite often. On Hwy 206, a more or less straight and flat stretch about 84 miles long, the tumbleweeds stack up against the fence line on the east side of the highway all season long, sometimes rolling to the other side if the wind shifts.

There is an 8' chain link fence around the property where I work, and any time the wind blows the SE corner of the yard fills up with them, about like that yard in the photo.

I like hitting them on the highway at full speed, they sort of explode.

[Tijeras_Slim]

My cousin went to NM Tech in the 80’s and her prime source of entertainment was to drive to ABQ on 25 with the cruise control set to 80 and hit as many tumbleweeds as possible on the way.