From Oklahoma to New Mexico with about a 10 degree temperature drop. First stop, Tucumcari, on old historic Route 66. Tucumcari is a small town, with probably a mural for every 10 people in town, check these out:
From Tucumcari to Pecos National Monument, a historic Pueblo just outside Santa Fe
Junior Ranger Badge #4
In Santa Fe, we had the chance to take a cooking class at a school that Jim has been following for years, since he bought the Red Chile Bible cook book in Sand Diego. This live demo cooking course included fresh flour tortillas, Chile rellenos, calabacitas (a delcious corn , squash, and green Chile side dish), marinated pork, beans, and sopapillas (New Mexican Fried dough with honey). Delicious.
On to Bandalier National Monument to explore more pueblos, and practice our squirrel impression
The Bandalier pueblos are built into cliffs out of tuff, a soft volcanic rock. You get to climb over 140 feet of ladders to explore them
Almost to the top, pause to take a breather and admire the view
The views while driving the American southwest are just so different from what we're accustomed. BIG sky, weather in 3 dimensions. We called this one "Clountain"
Posing in a hot air balloon basket at the Albuquerque Abruzzo Hot Air Balloon Museum
Not very far from downtown Albuquerque, Petroglyphs National Park. This volcanic landscape is full of vesicular basalt that has been corroded by atmospheric elements. Ancient Puebloans scratched different pictures, or petroglyphs into the surface. They had now written language, so the true meanings of the petroglyphs is unknown, but they are everywhere in this peculiar landscape.
Senior Ranger badge and patch... Petroglyphs thought I was too old to be a junior ranger.
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