Route 66 Road Trip Day 7: We're Finally There (on Route 66)

Santa Fe to Albuquerque.

 Crazy sculpture in Santa Fe.

 Super cool printing museum and workshop.

 New Mexican food since 1952...B. had green chile pozole which he loved (I had corn tamales, yummy).

 Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument...one of the coolest places I've ever seen. I took tons of photos--these are but a small sample.

 Weird tree!

Slot canyons...

 Yes, we hiked through here!

 Just...wow.

 Fruit trees in bloom in Albuquerque, just gorgeous.

 Los Poblanos Organic Farm and Inn (where we stayed)--farm cat.

Spectacular turkeys, walking around just outside the restaurant.

 The restaurant at the inn, wonderful farm-to-table cuisine.

Route 66 Road Trip Day 6 (We'll Be on It Tomorrow!)

Roswell to Santa Fe.

 The marvelous library at the International UFO Museum and Research Center.

 !!!!!

 Spooky music plays when this display comes to "life."

 Klaatu barada nikto!

 Poor alien...

 Re-creation of the secret autopsy done by the Air Force on the surviving alien from the Roswell crash site.

 Hey, why not!

 She looks thrilled...(this is at an antique mall).

 They're wearing spacesuits here...not historically accurate!

 Fun with tires!

 Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, known for dragonflies in the summer and sand hill cranes in the fall/winter. None here now, alas...

 Lots and lots of ducks!

 Ducks with white beaks!

 Ducks with long beaks!

 Ducks you see everywhere!

 An egret...

Cool art installation on the interstate called "Cowboy Ruckus" by John Cerney. 

 Saloon!

 

Santa Fe at sunset...