Courtyard By Marriott Albuquerque Airport

... I have a suspicion some may be recent additions. Actually there were some obvious recent additions – if I ever find Dale and Lori (who love each other apparently) I will take them back to clean up the funking mess they left behind. Yeah I know you could say that the petroglyphs are just ancient graffiti but that would be to miss the point somewhat.

The best of all of them was one that looked like a character from the Bash St Kids in the Beano – made me giggle!

... it was Thanksgiving morning there was barely a soul at security so I whizzed right by. And, yes, made my flight with minutes to spare. I just hope that my luggage made it on the plane!!! Guess I'll find out tomorrow morning.

Then on my flight from Houston to New York, I recognized a seminary student of mine from over 20 years ago. We had a chuckle about how we both look pretty much like ...

... Remember my sick horse? Yeah, I didn't either. So by the time I got well enough to get it to Toyota, I was already there days longer then planned. Remember Bugs' wrong turn? My car was so sick it took an extra 5 days and over $4000 to fix! Are you kidding me?!! And it gets better. During this period, I had talked to my parents and we were all anxiously awaiting test results about my mom. And Tami and I had a fight ...

... State, and after several ups and downs the home team went down to a last minute touchdown. It was incredible seeing how the whole town got behind their team (Red Lobos signs and TShirts everywhere...we joined in too!) and the stadium was hushed into a stunned silence at the end.

On Sunday we began our drive down the historic R66 towards Arizona and The Grand Canyon. Before leaving NM we stopped at the Sandia Peak tramway - the longest tramway in the ...

... we got an great meal and a 360 degree view. The whole trip was amazing - I especially loved the plane ride over the desert and over the canyon. Jack and Alice stayed in Vegas for an extra day and flew out this afterenoon, while Louise and I rented a car and drove to Flagstaff, Arizona yesterday and caught a train to Albuquerque this morning. Flagstaff is a lovely little university town - wish we could have spent more time ...

I was in Times square in NY taking photos about the crowd crossing the street then i went straight to the airport, get a flight to Albuquerque, there, i picked up a rental car and drove 8 hours to Monument Valley in Arizona, so, exactly 24 hours after time square i was standing in a desert, with for only company a lost dog...actually i appreciated the difference.

I get to the airport in Albuquerque at 4.30pm. my flight is at 6:30pm..I quickly hit the mens room
and eat 8 gelatin capsules of dried, powdered ( fine), peyote. within an hour of consumption
I'm through security and sitting with my laptop and the peyote kicks in."...Woah Mescalito !!!!
..please let me maintain and not have a major freakout here in the airport....just let me maintain and get me on the plane!!!!".....once on board it's smooth sailing...lol