Albuquerque, NM.
Thursday:
Drove from Santa Rosa Lake SP to Albuquerque this morning. Very, very strong headwind. The weather channel said gusts to 40 mph. The winds were really buffeting the camper. I was glad when the drive was finished. We went straight to the Old Town area of the city. Albuquerque is an easy city to drive in as big cities go. There is a large parking lot by the convention center that is great for RV parking. When I was here by myself four years ago, I found an angel store and bought Carol some things. We found Angel Town again. Carol bought two bumper stickers for her scooter and a card for Izzy. I was glad to see her buy the card. Before Carol’s stroke she was always getting something for Izzy. This is yet another sign of a return to “typical” Carol. Had a great Southwest lunch at the Church Street Café. Carol had a taco salad; I had a burrito. After lunch we walked around Old Town for a while. Visited the San Felipe de Neri Church (see the picture describing the history of the church), walked around the outside sculpture garden at the Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, and the adjacent open space park. After that we drove to the Tigley Beach Park. Not really a beach, as such, but a series of three lakes. The lakes are stocked with fish. It’s all catch & release. One lake is reserved for kids under 12. Except for the Kids Lake, all the other fisherman were guys with their fly rods. Gopher & I walked around the lakes. Never saw anyone catch anything but you could see lots of big fish in the water. There were two 20# catfish released in the largest lake. There was a $100 prize for catching one of these fish.
About 4:00 we headed for the Sandia Resort & Casino; our camping spot for the night. Ate the buffet for dinner, played one dollar in the slots and called it a day.
Searched for grocery stores with the GPS. Found a Whole Foods nearby. Tomorrow we head there. Carol wants to go in to stock up on goof stuff; i.e. things I generally don’t buy.
