Other Side of the Mountains

But for the lack of sagebrush, you'd think you were in the

American West

Ditto

Ditto ditto

Many houses are carved into the rock, with a regular

house looking facade

Closer up

Reminiscent of the Big Hole in Montana

Heavy-duty terracing, some of it by the Moors, for the

olive trees

As you get closer to Almeria, the valley opens up and then
is covered, not by condos, but these huge vegetable farms,

all covered in plastic, one humongous greenhouse of

tomatoes

The east side of the Sierra we drove through is a landscape very reminiscent of the American southwest. In fact, we read, it is used very often for Spaghetti Westerns filmed in Europe (Sangria Westerns? Paella Westerns?).