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Day Tripping

Acoma Pueblo sits atop a 367 foot sandstone bluff in high desert of New Mexico. Magical doesn’t really begin to describe what it is like to walk on land that people have been walking on since the 1100s.

Our guide (who you see in this photo– he kept backing into my viewfinder) was a [...]

How Low Can You Go?

No, this is not a post about McCain’s “that one” remark, or his refusal to shake hands….
It’s about gas prices in Albuquerque.
Not sure what prices are like at the gas stations in my old stomping grounds of San Diego– when I left in July they were nearing $4 per gallon. At Costco!
Things are [...]

Hot Time in the City: The post about Chiles

There’s a certain smell in the air. It’s Fall in New Mexico and everyone is in a big hurry to roast up all the chile peppers… they freeze them to use year ’round.
Today I stopped by a chile stand in Albuquerque that I had seen earlier in the week, and picked up a couple [...]