Someone is trying to tell me something

I really don't want to leave New Mexico, and so far my flight was delayed twice and it was overbooked so they were offering $300 vouchers to anybody willing to give up their seat for a later flight. If they were offering cash I would have done it.

Going Home

When I was traveling for work I always looked forward to going home, but when I'm on vacation it's the opposite. The week flew by faster than I expected and I'm sitting at the Albuquerque Sunport waiting for my flight back to high humidity and scheduled days. Maybe I'll play the lottery when I get back so when I win I can retire early. Nothing like a good bout of depression to start my day.
At least I have a tasty cup of coffee.

The miraculous stairs

One of our stops in Santa Fe was at an old church with a set of spiral stairs called the miraculous stairs.
Here is the story in a nutshell.
A church was built in the town of Santa Fe in the usual manor. And as was customary they didn't leave enough room for a staircase up to the choir loft. After consulting with many craftsman the best solution was a ladder.
So this group of nuns prayed for nine days for someone to help them. On the ninth day an unknown carpenter shows up at their door and tells them he can build something.
After a number of months the spiral staircase was complete and the carpenter disappears without a name or being paid.
It was decided that it was a Saint who was the mystery guest.
Whatever the situation the staircase is a beautiful piece of art.
Look it up.

Santa Fe

We left this morning for the capital of Santa Fe. Its an old city rich in history, hippies and the Chuck Jones art gallery.
If you are not familiar with Chuck Jones, he is the genius behind Bugs Bunny. The art gallery is a collection of his work as well as pieces from Dr. Suess.
I was not able to take picture in the gallery so those of you who grew up with either one just close your eyes and imagine pictures of bugs bunny and star belly snitches and you will get the idea. Those of you who have no idea who these people are, I can't help you, sorry. You are missing an amazing part of Americana.
Ok, back to Santa Fe and hippie chicks.

Communication glitch

No internet yesterday so I could not update my vast number of friend.
We stopped by a small park yesterday that featured carvings made out of dead trees. Its a work in progress.
Then we headed out to old town to do a little tourist stuff and have lunch.
After our bellies were full we drove to the zoo! It was hot and I didn't want to carry the tablet so no pictures of the gorillas that freaked me out.
Zoos out here are very different than the ones back home. The animals seem more alive and they are almost always out to see, the exception being when the grounds are being cleaned. And they are several magnitudes more smelly.
Pink flamingos are cool, gorillas are too human. (They make eye contact.)

I like it here.

So, I haven't talked about the weather in Albuquerque NM. First off, the humidity is very low, so low in fact, that even when it's hot outside it's completely bearable. There is always a light pleasant breeze that cools you. The trick during the day is to stay in the shade.
Now here is how the day goes as I have observed. At about five in the morning it's around sixty eight degrees and about fourty seven percent humidity. The sun comes out about five thirty and the temp stays about the same. In fact the temperature barely rises until ten.
The hottest part of the day is from about three to six in the evening. Then it cools right back down in the sixties.
We don't use the ac in the car until the afternoon.
And if that isn't enough, there are no mosquitoes. None. I am currently sitting with my sister in her back yard with a cool breeze blowing typing this and I can devote my full attention to the task at hand and not swatting away any no good, pesky, irritating, pain in my arse Skeeter's!
And for all of you who say, "Well, there's nothing to do there, you're in the middle of the desert."
Well, we have not had any trouble finding things to do.
Here are some picture of the Roswell UFO Museum, enjoy.

First full day

New Mexico is on mountain time or two hours behind us. My internal clock is not calibrated for the change so I got up at four this morning. So it's still dark out and I'm wide awake, what to do, what to do. I know let's go for a walk. I was told I could see the hot air balloons at the park so I pointed my feet in that direction and off I headed.
Needless to say it was beautiful out and dark. When I got to the park I paused and looked out at the horizon, but there were no balloons. It could have been the very dark clouds headed for me from behind, the ones firing lightning bolts to the ground. I thought it would be best to get back to the house before the rain started.
When I got back to the house the front door was locked. The clouds were closer now. I pondered my situation and though out my plan. I'll try knocking on the door and maybe I can wake someone up gently and rescue me.
Unbeknownst to me, my sister and her family sleep like the dead. I swear I could drop a box full of metal pans next to their head and nothing will happen.
I thought I may try the keypad for the garage door. Then I thought that if I didn't get it right there may be an alarm involved and then it would get messy. So next I thought that I would hang out in the back yard but I didn't know how the neighbors would handle seeing a large man scaling a concrete wall.
I tried the door again. And few minutes later my sister opened the door.
Once everyone was up we headed out to breakfast at Wecks. It is by far some of the best breakfast food I've had in a long time. We headed back to the house and chilled for a few hours before heading to the Al Unser museum. It's a small place but it was full of great cars and assorted machinery.
We then headed out to el Pinto for dinner and once again had some great food.
All in all a very full day. Tomorrow we head for Roswell. With my aluminum foil hat. You can't be too safe.

Made it to New Mexico

Landed in NM yesterday 15 minutes early and met my sister and her kids at the gate.
We stopped by the rt. 66 diner for an early dinner.

The stars at night are big and bright

Just landed in Dallas, and my puddle jumper leaves at 2:30.
So far it's been a good flight. Not very good for people watching.
What's with all the normal people flying today?

Just boarded the first plane.

Full flight. Fun.

Alright, enough.

I will post more picture when I can. I just found a better way of using my blogger software. Or rather the correct way of using my software.
This really only a test before I am in the thick of it.

At the airport

So I made it to the airport and I breezed through airport security. I was a bit relieved to see that the check in process has improved since the last time I flew.
As a result of my expectations, I'm now officialy very early for my flight and I'm sitting at my gate patiently waiting for my flight.
I have a picture of the airport but appartently my software will not allow me to put it here and show you the logan tower on this beautiful day.
I will try to fix this problem.

I should have made a left at Alburquerque

Today is the first day of my New Mexico trip. I was going to drive out in my revamped rv but as luck would have it I became employed full time and as a result have extremely little time to relax.
But I promised my sister and her kids that i would visit, so here I am.
Right now I'm waiting in my friends kitchen drinking a cup of coffee that I'm sure he made for me. He was good enough to offer a ride to the airport.
When I travel I pack light and due to the current state of things at the airports I decided that instead of figuring out what I can't take with me, I will simply leave everything home and buy what I need when I get there.
I have one bag and I think I will check it in at the terminal. It does not contain anything but my clothing so when they loose it I will not be a disaster.
Ok , I hear my ride.