The Mother Road

We spent this past week in Albuquerque and it was pretty nice.  Besides the cold snap that hit a few days after we arrived the weather is very nice.  Warm sun with a fresh mountain breeze.  The cold snap was tough though, dropping below freezing one night.  It was 20 degrees warmer in Haddonfield one of the days I checked my phone.  Crazy.

We arrived, did our usual check out of the city after setting up camp.  That checking out includes grocery shopping.........Trader Joe's stop.  YAY!  Big city stops tend to be half for getting to know and visiting the city and half about restocking.  We have been seeing a Target and Trader Joe's about once a month, so we gotta get it while we can.

We took Route 66 to the Museum of Natural History on Monday.  We have become museum experts and the girls love it.  I had several other stops planned that afternoon, but I had what I am pretty sure were altitude issues.  I started to feels nauseous and had a splitting headache.  All plans were derailed, but these girls are so LEGO crazy they might have been glad we were headed home.

Decided to take a tour of the city.

ABQ Trolley Tours

ABQ Trolley and it was a great tour. Diego won one of the prizes on the tour for spelling "Albuquerque" correctly.  It was very impressive.  Our prize was two free cookies at a Rude Boy's Cookies.  They weren't very good, but fun to win anyway.

House of a famous architect in Albuquerque, Bart Prince.

Visited Old Town, drove down Rt. 66 quite a few times, saw Nob Hill.  Most of Route 66 looked just like any other highway, but there were some originals along the way that were pretty cool.  It always helps when the tour guide gives you all of the history, too.

I think the guide said the oldest building on Rt. 66.  It's about to be renovated and return to motel status.

Used to be a gas station.  You can still see the pumps and service signs.

We are Breaking Bad fans, and even though our tour wasn't a Breaking Bad tour, the guide showed us Jesse's house and a few other spots.  We got so excited, we downloaded a self guided tour later in the week and hit several spots on our own.  The girls were kept asking, "Why are we driving all over town taking pictures?"

Walter White's House

The old Town of Albuquerque was cute.  The church that was the center piece of the origination of the city and the little square across the street.

Made a stop by the zoo on Saturday and had our fill of animals.  Great weather and fun outing.