Route 66 Casino Hotel Albuquerque

... I lost track of time playing around with photographs that before I knew it it was already 5:45. I hightailed it out of the hotel (which is practically right at the airport) and by the time the shuttle dropped me off it was 6:05. I checked in and was told by at least two of the agents that they were not promising that I would make the flight as I was "quite late" for the flight. No kidding! Luckily ...

... problem would have to be fixed eventually. Well, eventually is on your way to Albuquerque.
So as I finally found Devon and John's place, outside the city and quite remote, I was relived to have gotten the car that far. I met Devon and her husband John and instantly felt at home. My dad and Devon's mom are old theater friends and I promised my dad I would visit them on the way back to Atlanta. Devon and John ...

Today we went to Petroglyths National Monument. I received another Junior Ranger Badge and patch. The we went to McDonald's for lunch. We went to what is called the "watermelon mountains" Do you know why it is called the "watermelon mountains"? In Spanish, they call the the Sandia Mountains. I got a ...

... 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.

... smaller town - Cuba in New Mexico before getting to Albuquerque for dinner. After tea we went to a local pub named Neds where we met some lesbians who thought we were in a choral group. After they requested we sing some Melissa Etheridge we left the pub quite quickly.

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

... our afternoon looking at jewelry and rugs and Kwon, we didn't buy a thing so we don't need the trailer yet. Thanks for the offer. Phil did see a 9 foot metal sculpture of a moose that he likes so we may need you yet. We are now in Albuquerque and will spend tomorrow cruising down the Interstate (seems to be about the only way across the state) to Flagstaff. Penny

The thought of going on a three week journey to an entirely different part of the earth still had not sunk in as we woke up the next day. We both woke up right before sunrise and both had the look on our faces like no time was too early to leave. There were sites to be seen and we wanted to squeeze in the entire western half of North America in just three weeks. We gathered ...

... 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.