Blogs from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 12

Wednesday 5 Oct Beautiful day in Albuquerque. Invested most of today on exploring the area around the Balloon Fiesta Park. It was so cool and enjoyable. It felt a little strange to be on that huge field all by myself. They will have the same show pretty much tomorrow morning and Friday morning so I will skip the morning show tomorrow morning and go to the evening show weather permitting. Then go to the morning and evening shows on Friday. And of course the big events will be Saturday and Sunday.... read more

Oct 03 Monday I guess the cooler weather in Texas was waiting for me to leave. I put in a long day. I drove to San Antonio and visited my sister Laura, and we ate at the Alamo Cafe on the West side of I-10 south of the Huebner exit. They give free flour tortillas with butter which is nice as their chips with salsa were stale and when I requested a different one it was stale as well. I got a beef burrito with seasoned Hamburger meat and it was OK. After eating, I took my sister to Wal Mart and then home because she had to be back to get her kid off the bus. Then I drove on to Junction and took a nap in the city park there beside the lake. It ... read more

Sunday Oct 2 It has been a very busy weekend. Yesterday I changed the plugs and a couple of plug wires on my truck. My brother in law Bill took off the shroud and looked for the oil leak. We finally identified the leak as coming from the Oil cooling hose that plugs into the radiator where the metal connection crimps onto the hose. No time to deal with it now as I am leaving Monday for the Albuquerque balloon fest . I will keep a close eye on it. I drove it around today a bit and it seems OK and Monday from Bryan to San Antonio I will have another chance to check it out...... then its westward across the desert and the mountains to the foothills of the Sandia Range in Albuquerque. I ... read more

ALBUQUERQUE - August 21 - 27 August 21 Albuquerque – Sunday First thing I did today was go to the office of Suburban Extended Stay and paid up $281 for the week. Then I went to the Albuquerque Aquarium. It was much bigger and more impressive than the pitiful National Aquarium in DC. After visiting the Aquarium I went to the Botanical Gardens as well. I had bought a combo ticket for both for $7.00, a pretty good deal. The gardens were really nice and I was surprised by a large outdoors miniature train display. It was very large and not even talked about in the tourist info I had read. Next I visited the Museum of Natural History. I had a full day at that. I drove around exploring the city a bit and then ... read more

Na een lawaaierig en stevig nachtje waren we al vroeg wakker om onze weg te vervoegen. Het ging richting Tulsa en vol goede moed gingen we op weg. De eerste stukken van de Old Highway 66 werden stilaan zichtbaar, met klassieke wegrestaurantjes en het opduiken van antiekere wagens zoals Mustangs en Cadillacs werd stilaan frequenter. Na onze all-american maaltijd werd het tijd voor een intermezzo met de arm der wet (alweer). Een bepaald persoon was er na zijn eerste kwartier achter het stuur in geslaagd om niet te snel, maar... (wait for it) te traag te rijden dan de wettelijk toegestane limiet! Gelukkig bleef het bij een verwittiging van de blijkbaar eenzame agent, die eigenlijk onze homie eens goed wou betasten. Bij deze was het rij-avontuur van ons Jeanke dan ook voorbij. Gisteren was er dan ... read more