Greetings from Albuquerque, New Mexico!

We made it to Albuquerque in one piece!  And neither one of us has killed the other (yet)!

We left Tucumcari this morning and headed West.  There wasn't a lot to see on the way to ABQ...just lots of open land and a few cows here and there.  There were a few ghost towns of 66, but we really were not able to access many of them since there isn't a lot of the actual Route 66 between Tucumcari to ABQ left.  What was left is dirt road or rough frontage roads.

Mom was excited to see a billboard for a Stucky's, but we realized it was closed after pulling off the interstate.  Mom was overtaken by grief and left her mark on the empty building declaring the unjustness of a closed Stucky's.

Hopefully there were no security cameras.

There wasn't much until we actually got into ABQ.  By the time we got in, we were starving, so we stopped at the Frontier Restaurant, at the recommendation of a friend.  I had the enchiladas, and they were wonderful.

Next, we went to check into our hotel, and unload the somewhat obscene amount of souvenirs that were overtaking the backseat of the car.  

After checking in and taking a short nap, we headed into the mountains, to the Sandia Tramway.  We rode the tram up to the peak, at over 10,300 feet above sea level!

The views from the top were absolutely beautiful!

Tomorrow, we head up North to Santa Fe. We are excited to see more of New Mexico!

Stay tuned!