Red Roof Inn Albuquerque

... on – so there you are.

At the longest of the four walks I headed out on the 2.5 mile round trip and had high expectations as the blurb said there were 700+ petroglyphs on view. It must be me – remember the pioneer names fiasco in Snow Canyon? – I just can't seem to locate these things. It improved as I got further in as the volume increased and on some rocks it looked like whole stories were being told. Some of the petroglyphs are mere squiggles ...

So, I'm off on my Paris/Italy adventure. My brother and sister-in-law had their flights postponed by the airline for 24 hrs......so I'll spend tomorrow on my own in Paris. I've scheduled a photography "class" for the afternoon so I'll get that out of the way before my family arrives on Saturday.

I awoke this morning at 5am with the intention of making it to the airport by 5:30 for a 6:30 ...

... 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.

... of these stopovers that I glanced up at the screen and watched the local news. What caught my eye in some southern town was the sight of George W Bush having shoes thrown at him. However, it was in Birmingham, Alabama that I found myself in stitches and it wasn't due to the southern drawl of the locals sitting within close proximity of me, no this was the headline on the TV, which simply said Bush attacked by shoes. It was bad enough being attacked by ...

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.

... we visited. (Please correct me where necesary Wendy) We first went through the silk and fabric market, and then to the tentmakers market. After that we returned to the old city gate and i climbed to the top of the tower (Bab Zweila) After that Wendy treated me to "egyptian pancakes", one sweet and one savory, which were absolutely delicious. We then headed through Khan El Kahlili and onto the Copper market. Finally visiting "the house of many rooms". While Wendy was a ...

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

... to the Fiesta Park for the evening Special Shapes Glowdeo at dusk. What a treat! The Special Shapes balloons set up their baskets and inflate their envelopes as the sun is setting. Soon, all are standing and begin to light up in the darkness of the evening. There are a few attempts at some simultaneous glows as the crowd counts down and cheers. The balloons do not leave the ground, but continue to glow for about an hour. After this, the spectacular fireworks show caps off the evening.

... hot, and the road was a steady up-hill climb, and there was a terrific head wind (Pierre later measured it at 30 km an hour with his wind meter) and the bus just couldn't take it... when we saw black smoke pouring out the tail, Pierre originally chalked it up to the Diesel burning rich because of our incredible altitude , but when we came to a stop and realised the smoke was actually coming from under the hood not from the tailpipe ...

... are an excellent precursor to the beauty of the Painted Desert, which exists further north in the park. However, before reaching the Painted Desert, one gets the opportunity to explore some superb Indian petroglyphs. These petroglyphs are located at the Puerco Pueblo, which is a ruined Indian dwelling about 3 miles north of The Tepees. There isn’t much left of the pueblo itself, but the petroglyphs are still vivid. I’m always amazed when I ...