Blogs from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, North America

Today's travels took us from Oklahoma through Texas to New Mexico. Again, mostly uneventful. We did get to visit Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX. It's a set of cars buried nose first in the dirt. James was quite intrigued. The weather was VERY cold and windy. My car normally gets 40 MPG and today it was hovering at 26 MPG due to fighting the wind. We saw leftover snow in some places as well. Millie is unimpressed with the cold. James accurately let us know we were in the desert but when he saw cows he said they didn't belong in the desert, they belong on the farm. I told him maybe it was a desert farm and he said, hm, that makes sense. We made it to Albuquerque and are staying with Scott's sister and ... read more

Breakfast, family time, Anniversary dinner. That was the day. Other than the interruption from work that stressed me out for most of the day, we had a good day. We slept in a little then had breakfast at Cecilia’s famous for their red chili sauce. We walked to breakfast in the brisk morning air, actually wore my new winter coat as it was 27 degrees. We were the only customers in the place until the very end of our breakfast. They did a huge take out/delivery business. The place is not fancy but the food is solid and very traditional New Mexican. We both had Huevos Rancheros the only difference was mine was with carne adovada and Jerry’s with shredded beef, onions and tomatoes. They were the best I have every had and the red chili ... read more

We woke up this morning to find ourselves still in Roswell still in our hotel room. Alien abduction avoided. So with no UFO sightings and no aliens being reported in the area, we decided to head out of town towards Albuquerque. It was a another long boring ride as we were once again on a highway that ran alongside vast open land. For miles and miles, nothing but land. Not even trees. Today was mostly a ‘ride to the next town’ kind of day, but having something to entertain you along the way does help the miles go by faster. Even though most of the day’s ride was on the dull side, we have seen some interesting things during the past few days of driving - interesting to us for we do not see them in ... read more

We arrived too late to go to the Petroglyphs National Park, so we found a truck stop and stayed the night. Next morning we headed to the park which is on the edge of Albuquerque. It was hot but with a couple breaks in the shade we walked around a few trails. We also got to watch a mommy bird feed it’s babies in a nest in the eaves of the bathrooms. The low battery light was periodically coming on in our truck and everytime James tried to check it, it would turn off. After some googling we decided the alternator or the regulator on the alternator might be going out. We went to a parts store and James replaced the alternator right in the parking lot! No more issues after that. :-D... read more

We've spent most of our day in New Mexico, though the single location with the most time was probably the Petrified Forest. I’m not going to have a lot of words for this entry—the fatigue has begun to set in after ten days of seemingly non-stop driving. Today was over 8 hours, tomorrow will be about 11, and then Saturday will take us the final 10 hours to Tifton. We finished To Kill a Mockingbird tonight, and it was fantastic. I’m glad I chose that one for the trip, though I hesitated. We got through the first disc of Catch-22, and we have twenty more hours to go on this trip; I believe the audiobook will last the entire time. The morning consisted of visiting the Petrified Forest National Park. We got to see some of ... read more