Hacienda De Colores At Old Town Albuquerque

... did those many years ago (well, maybe a couple of pounds heavier!). So now I'm sitting here at the President's club relaxing as much as one can with a group of New Yokas having a screaming conversation a few feet away.

Not traveling business class so I'll miss the pampering and good food. Hope I can get a few hours of sleep so as to be ready to hit the ground running upon arrival. We shall see.

... with Devon and John. By now, the idea of making it back to Atlanta by Thanksgiving was out of the question. I had stayed in Albuquerque a week longer then expected, but I never would have had the chance to make new friends and find the real beauty of New Mexico. A stark beauty that only reveals itself for short times throughout the day. If your paying attention, you can find beautiful things where you least expect.

... tin of bomb shelter survival crackers, several actual airplanes (none of which carried atomic weapons), and an exhibit on renewable energy. The best part was the giant periodic table which reminded both of us of our the start of our courtship during Junior-year Chemistry.

On to the Sandia Peak tram, a 15-minute vertiginous trip rising 3000 feet to the top of the Sandia Mountains. After spending 10 minutes at the ...

... Unfortunately we were 3 days too late. The majority of the birds, thousands, had already taken off. There were a few still there and the sunrise was beautiful.
We then drove southwest to Silver City for a few days of exploring.

... was fabulous, run by a very friendly Polish couple and offering nice big rooms, a secluded swimming pool area at the back of the plot and an all-important laundry room! This was our base for 3 days, allowing us to rest and reorganise for the bit of our trip as well as to explore some of Albuquerque and its surroundings. Our first day was spent lazily - lounging at the pool, sorting out our washing, sitting in the cool downtown cinema and dining in an ...

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

... a more serious hike up Sandia Peak. We started at the yellow 6,559 and climbed up to 10,378 over 8 miles -- took us 6 hours but it felt like 3 days! The first 4 pictures show the brief local hike and the remainder are our Sandia climb.

... to the Indian kids. Then, I crawled back in bed. After the boys woke up, we headed out to Calvary Chapel's main sanctuary for the 11:15am (a little more realistic time, not my optimistic one) service to hear Ryan Dobson (son of James Dobson) give the Easter message, along with The Todd Agnew Band. His very real life message touched alot of souls and many people came forward to accept Christ ...

... age, not my age. That almost never happens now, and I don’t see it happening amongst my younger peers either, except for cross-sex hook-ups. I came back and visited again a few years later and found out that she’d been killed in a car wreck, right about the time there was a song of the same name all over the radio. Life’s weird.