Shaw has since put Cantaloupe's system into 800 of its 2, 600 machines, and he hopes to be monitoring nearly the entire network by the end of next year.
Other near-perfect snacks are carrot sticks and hummus, low-fat or air-popped popcorn sprinkled with parmesan cheese, cantaloupe melon wedges wrapped in smoked salmon and low-fat cheese on whole-grain crackers.
Pecos is famous for its cantaloupe melons though these rely on groundwater pumps rather than the river, which is here no more than a few isolated puddles among the hubcaps and beer cans.