(Annrose writes)
What a nice day we had today. We lounged around the room this morning, both feeling the strain of the past week. We then went to the Albuquerque Museum of Art & History. It was so quiet, no kids running amuck, no screaming, pushing or shoving. Everyone is so incredibly friendly and welcoming.
We ate at La Hacienda, in old town ABQ, Spanish tile, heavy wood chairs, chile’s hanging...u get the drift. The food was,…well there was so much of it that we took it back to the hotel to finish for dinner....WOW I took a few pics...Bill to post.
We are both starting to feel the effects of being at such a high altitude, here in ABQ., we are 7000 feet above sea level, Bill is having some trouble breathing and my head feels like it wants to explode. The last time I was in Az. I remember having a headache the first few days also, so lets hope we get used to it in time (I hope).
We're just going to relax tonight because tomorrow we are headed to ….(drum roll please).......ARIZONA.....and the first stop will be the Petrified Forrest Nat’l Park. We were able to see some of the park the last time we were in AZ, so we are looking forward to seeing more since we will pass on the way to Cottonwood.
(Bill adds)
The whole town here has so much to do that we scrapped two sets of initial plans (either drive or take the local commuter rail to Santa Fe, or do the Sandia mountain tram). We decided that a much slower paced day was what was needed, to decompress from a week plus on the road and almost two weeks of living out of suitcases since we moved out of our old place on Long Island.
We headed over a few blocks into “Old Town” the original settlement area, which is now all shopping and dining, and three Museums. We choose the Art & History Museum because we could leave the car parked and walk into the historic area to shop and eat. After almost 2 Hrs. in the Museum we headed over to the shops and grabbed a few things, including a certain “Patch’ for someone…Plus Annrose got a new Mug and she picked out a Cap for me.
Now we sat down to eat at 2:30 so where we thought it was lunch turned into a “dinner,” even with some healthy leftover portions. The Guacamole salad was “outstanding”, and I had the Chicken & Beef combo Fajitas and Annrose had her “Chimmi whatever she had” which she already posted her “Food porn” on Facebook…
So we’re relaxing tonight before we head out tomorrow. “Just One More Day and a Wake Up!”
