Blogs from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 22

Okay so I took everybody's advice and created this travel blog. Hopefully it will provide a good method for me to keep in touch with all my friends back in the States while I'm traveling about. In general here's my plan for my trip. June 2nd-Leave to Bangalore, India Do a year worth of school in Bangalore and travel whenever possible When school ends spend a months traveling about inside India before meeting another class in northern India to explore religion. Once that class is done I fly to Europe to spend some time in Amsterdam before coming back home. That's my plan, we'll see if it works.... read more

Most of you know just from reading this blog that I'm a romantic - everything in my life is oozed over. I'm no neutral gal - everything's amazing or awful. People or places are polarised by my imagination. But usually they're sent towards the positive - even if they don't deserve it! Well, New Mexico deserves it. I fell in love at first sight. Exhausted as I was from flying here via Chicago, landing at sunset, seeing the red sky over the desert and the Sandia Mountains (means "watermelon" as it reflects red so much), I was simply dumb-struck. Beauty beyond belief. There has been a lot of that on this trip - in terms of buildings, art, people's kindness, smiles. I am aware of it - all the incredible sights I've seen - but I ... read more

After several failed attempts to connect with people back home, and because of our inneptness with email, we are now trying this travel blog. So here you have it -- our travel retrospective!!! Yes, it all started on August 1, when Theresa and the boys left Albuquerque with a very full car bound for Denver, Colorado to visit our dear friends, Chris and Shannon and Sean and Kelsey. We all had a great time. The boys' favorite part was Pirate's Cove. After a few wonderful days of relaxation and pampering, we headed to Tucson, Arizona, stopping for a quick overnight back in Albuquerque to say goodbye to our dog, Stella, just one more time, and to wish Maggie a happy birthday! We were in Tucson, for not even 12 hours, but it was just enough time ... read more

Haven't been able to get on for a couple of days so EVERYBODY JUST RELAX! I am fine. Sitting in the Giorgi's very fine house in New Mexico. Again, thunderstorms abound. It's been a very exciting couple of days. After leaving Brownwood I had a very nice trip to Plainview, Texas. I was met at the airport by Marlin Miller, the owner of Miller Flying Service. Tied down the plane and mingled a bit with some of the other Bellanca owners. Tim Harding flew by in his Thrush, a BIG agricultural plane. right past us at about 15 feet AGL(above ground level). Very cool. After a bit I got a ride into town with Frank Holbert and Ron Quillen. They are from the SoCal area. Nice guys. Got a room in the Best Western. After settling ... read more

We pulled into Albuquerque late at night. When we woke up at the American RV Park we were very pleasantly surprised. It is a really nice place with grass and trees (almost unheard of in this neck of the not woods) and has great facilities (pool, playground, flat roads for lots of kid biking, and a continental breakfast every morning). The kids and I enjoyed the pool and the not driving in the am and then the family went up to the top of the Sandia peaks on the Sandia tramway. This was one cool trip. The tram is the longest in the US. We started the trip at 6,500 ft and ended it at 11,000 ft. It was much cooler on top and really comfortable. After wandering around and enjoying the views the kids decided ... read more