Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Albuquerque, NM

We woke up at about 5 am to thunder and heavy rain.  We went back to sleep and woke up at 8 am at which time we headed over to the Flying J Restaurant to have breakfast. In watching the news, Pecos had gotten 3 inches of rain in about 3 hours.  The rain was light so we decided to take off at 10 am.

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They announced a flash flood watch as it was expected to rain all day in Pecos.

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We walked thru the puddles.....

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About 50 miles out of Pecos, it started to clear but the roads were wet.  They have a lot of pecan farms here.

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and oil rigs.....

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In passing Roswell, it has just rained here....

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Nice bronze statue.....not sure what it represents....picture is kind of blurry.

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Nice looking old truck.  My dad used to have one but it was green; I think it is a '56 or '57.

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Pretty old courthouse.

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some military artillery in front of the courthouse.

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They also  have a Military Institute.....

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Pretty old house and yard.....

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They said they had been getting rain here, so this farm looks really green.

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Back on the boring roads.....

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Small town churches.....they are almost right next to each other....

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We stop at this rest area for a little while.   It is early afternoon and it is about 80 degrees.  Very nice!

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We stopped across the street and saw this neat diner (Penny's Diner).

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Manuel is just walking for a little bit to rest his hinny.....I take picture of the diner...

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Manuel takes this picture as he drives and I am way too relaxed and sleepy but I have done my co-piloting job.   The trip is planned out!

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Nice, long train....

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Oh, here is the multi-track depot.

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another train....this one is heading to the depot.

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This poor guy must have had problems, he is unloading cars in the middle of nowhere.

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Nice sphere....

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This small town has a Route 66 like motel strip.

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The mountain line.....is where Albuquerque sits.

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It got cloudier and cloudier as we got closer to the city.....(Richard called us as we were fueling up.  It was  nice talking to you today).

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Very curvy and narrow road AND STEEP!

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We arrived at the Wal-Mart and it is nice and sunny here.  It is really cool out. 

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After we got set up, there are about 8 RVs camping here.

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This Wal-Mart is right next to the Karl Malone (Ex-Spurs Basketball Player) Toyota dealership.

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We ate at the Boston Market which is on the same parking lot and right next to us.

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We will call it a night and see what tomorrow brings.  We plan to drive to Durango, CO and camp there for 2-3 days and see some sights.

2 comments:

Jesse Aleman said...

HI ! Nice pictures and the rain looka good ! why send some our way we sure needed .Dads truck was a 1956 and it was cool. Miss you already but I will follow you all .Love you and take care

Unknown said...

Hi y'all, it's so nice and refreshing just looking at those (all) pictures and knowing how much fun you are having. Take care and God bless!