The Most Burque Thing I Saw On My Visit

Two young women in Old Town, elaborately dressed as for a prom, with notable ankle decoration on one of the young ladies.

"Better Call Saul" Trivia Night at Tractor Brewing Co., Wells Park

Such a hard bunch of BCS questions that Lisa offered the group!  The only saving grace was that everyone had the same problem.  So, we all failed upwards.  Every round, the loser-est team was determined, then eliminated.  Teams typically had 3 or 4 members; I competed alone.  Being alone was a disadvantage.  I was finally eliminated.  The members of the winning team then competed against each other.  The ultimate winner of the process was Kamaki Muller of Phoenix (on stage in this picture).

Good times!

Lunch at El Patio

Hmm... Christmas in September. Talked with my sisters about their recent tumbles. We were served by Connie, Michelle's neighbor. Connie recognized me eventually. We all had a good time.

Albuquerque Signs - BCS Finale Fest

Part of the fun of visiting Albuquerque is finding unusual signs, murals, and other graphic or artistic representations.

Flight From Phoenix to Albuquerque - September 29, 2023

Near the "D" gates at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ.

Parking structure just east of Sky Harbor.

Vista del Camino/Eldorado Park, snaking through Scottsdale, AZ.

Salt River Pima/Maricopa Indian Community lands.

Bumblebee Highway crosses the aqueduct from Granite Reef Dam.

Fountain Hills way over there.

Fountain Hills/Verde River/We-Ko-Pa Casino and Resort/Ft. McDowell.

Northern reaches of Theodore Roosevelt Lake.

Power line corridor, maybe running up towards Four Corners.

Fort Apache Reservation, probably northeast of Cibecue, AZ.

Show Low, AZ.

That weird, notable linear mesa.  I think it figures as an important landmark along the estimated Coronado Trail to Hawikuh, and Cibola.

Little Ortega Lake, and that weird, notable linear mesa.

St. Johns, AZ.

Salt River Project Coronado Generating Facility/Alejandro Tank.

Where Highways 36 and 117 meet, east of Fence Lake and north of Quemado, NM.

Southernmost end of El Malpais lava flow, near Grants, NM.

Acoma Pueblo lands.  Acoma Pueblo itself is almost impossible to spot from this distance - more or less in the background, roughly between the airliner's two red tips.

Remarkable cliffs out here on Laguna/Acoma lands.

Highland Meadows, and where the Rio San Jose starts entrenching itself on the way to the Rio Puerco, plus those strange mountains.

The Rio San Jose entrenches itself along Highway 6.

The Rio Puerco.

Low volcanic mesas northeast of Los Lunas, NM.

Where Pajarito Mesa meets the edge of the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

South Coors Blvd. SW.

A very, very dry Rio Grande River.

Where Tijeras Arroyo meets the Rio Grande River/Broadway Blvd. SE.

Murray Rd. SE.

Interstate 25 just southeast of the Albuquerque International Airport (and that growing shadow's been following us too).