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diamondlife) wrote2006-10-10 05:09 am
diamondlife) wrote2006-10-10 05:09 am
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The Big Adventure - Day 8, Albuquerque
When I came to New Mexico, I did not expect it to bucket it down! Today started off cloudy, but by 4pm it was pouring, with thunder and lightning and everything; it didn't let up, so I had to get the scary bus back to my motel. ;_;
However! I completely made up for it by meeting![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alissa tonight! :D We went for dinner and I had a chimichanga and a margarita (which wasn't that sour at all, despite it being apparently packed with lemons). alissa is wonderful company and a very brave driver! ;D Thank you very much for taking me out, and you must visit us sometime! Maybe for the Beard Championships next year... :3
Earlier in the day I visited the very interesting Indian Pueblo Cultural Centre, where I got to see several interesting Indian dances (though I don't think lame [that is, lah-may] is a traditional native fabric), and had a really delicious Green Chile Stew. Not to mention learnt a lot about the 19 pueblos of New Mexico. I'm a little frustrated because of the weather - I'd wanted to see more around Albuquerque, but I think I'm going to move onto Santa Fe tomorrow. I'm realising I won't have time to fit in even a third of the things I wanted to see - some by necessity, because I'm not driving, but some simply because of the time needed to get there and do them justice. So my current plan is - Santa Fe -> Taos -> Albuquerque -> Durango -> Mesa Verde -> Albuquerque (yes, it's where all the buses go through!) -> Flagstaff/Williams -> Grand Canyon -> Flagstaff -> SAN FRANCISCO! So yeah, I'm not going to fit in some of the biggies, like Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly (and even Acoma, unless I'm very lucky), but hey, I've got something to come back to see, right? ^_~ All the people in Albuquerque have been lovely and friendly and a joy to talk to, especially the shopkeepers in Old Town (and excluding the bus of fear, but let's not go there again ^^'), so it's really been fun, even if I haven't quite done all I intended.
However! I completely made up for it by meeting
alissa tonight! :D We went for dinner and I had a chimichanga and a margarita (which wasn't that sour at all, despite it being apparently packed with lemons). alissa is wonderful company and a very brave driver! ;D Thank you very much for taking me out, and you must visit us sometime! Maybe for the Beard Championships next year... :3 Earlier in the day I visited the very interesting Indian Pueblo Cultural Centre, where I got to see several interesting Indian dances (though I don't think lame [that is, lah-may] is a traditional native fabric), and had a really delicious Green Chile Stew. Not to mention learnt a lot about the 19 pueblos of New Mexico. I'm a little frustrated because of the weather - I'd wanted to see more around Albuquerque, but I think I'm going to move onto Santa Fe tomorrow. I'm realising I won't have time to fit in even a third of the things I wanted to see - some by necessity, because I'm not driving, but some simply because of the time needed to get there and do them justice. So my current plan is - Santa Fe -> Taos -> Albuquerque -> Durango -> Mesa Verde -> Albuquerque (yes, it's where all the buses go through!) -> Flagstaff/Williams -> Grand Canyon -> Flagstaff -> SAN FRANCISCO! So yeah, I'm not going to fit in some of the biggies, like Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly (and even Acoma, unless I'm very lucky), but hey, I've got something to come back to see, right? ^_~ All the people in Albuquerque have been lovely and friendly and a joy to talk to, especially the shopkeepers in Old Town (and excluding the bus of fear, but let's not go there again ^^'), so it's really been fun, even if I haven't quite done all I intended.