Blogs from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 2

We are driving East, and for the first time, I'm in New Mexico. This trip is also about visiting few places on my personal wish list...and Santa Fe is one of them. I have to admit, hotels in Albuquerque are way cheaper than in more glamorous Santa Fe....so here we are, three nights at the Sheraton Albuquerque....the hotel may be old, but we finally land a more comfortable room! The drive from Monument Valley to Albuquerque is a good 5 hours. I tried to take few of the back road to make it more fun. First, a drive back next to Mexican Hat. It's a small city getting his name from a rock in the shape of a Mexican hat, that I feature in my last blog. The roads are long and can be slightly lonely...we ... read more

Nous sommes passé du 'blanc' au 'noir' en visitant la 'Valley of Fire' qui est une étendue de lave volcanique. Cette lave serait sortie de terre il y a environ 5000 ans. Un genre de crevasse qui aurait permis à la lave de sortir de la terre. Nous avons continué notre chemin vers Albuquerque pour prendre une autoroute 'interstate 40' vers l'ouest. Albuquerque est la plus grosse ville du nouveau Mexique (mais pas la capitale, c'est Santa Fe) avec un peu plus de 500,000 personnes, la ville est tellement étendue dans la plaine qu'on aurait jamais pensé qu'il y avait tant de monde. Le Rio Grande la traverse, (qui ressemblait à une rivière boueuse!) pas si Grande que ça, vous verrez! J'ai mis des photos des paysages sur le bord de la route, parfois c'est qu'on ... read more

Geo: 35.1241, -106.768We left Amarillo this morning and made it home by about 2 this afternoon. Very nice trip, all-in-all. We put about 1,700 miles on the new RAV 4. It rode well on the trip. I like the new features on the cruise control that add to the safety of the vehicle. It took a while to get used to the way the speed changed when other cars appeared in front of me and when they moved to another lane. I like it though. We had a good time on this trip. My favorite things were meeting Gary and Candi and seeing all the travel experts at the show. ... read more

Geo: 35.0841, -106.649We flew overnight to Houston arriving there just after 5 a.m. The Global Entry line at customs was short, thankfully. We grabbed our luggage and took it through customs then waited in a long line to get through security. There is no TSA precheck line available for people connecting from international to domestic flights. The United lounge was open so we waited there for the last flight--about a four hour layover. This has been such an magnificent trip! I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to see Antarctica first hand. The rugged landscape, the everchanging seascape, the entertaining and completely unconcerned animals, the numerous birds, and the bold and robust people who accept the challenge of living there are all unbelievable. I so enjoyed every one of the six days that we ... read more

Greetings from New Mexico - the Land of Enchantment! We landed in Albuquerque after dark last night after a long ride through the mountains of Arizona. Luckily our campground was only a mile off the interstate. Now we are on our way to Amarillo, Texas. We are looking forward to dinner at The Big Texan. Apparently they will send a shuttle to the campground! We will report more about that tomorrow. We are impressed with Albuquerque. It is very clean and actually has some green grass and foliage! Quite a contrast to the desert! Miss you all! Marc and Joyce ... read more