Albuquerque
I went to Albuquerque in mid January.
View from my hotel room on the first morning. Looking south-east(?) from Old Town Albuquerque, so Sandia mountains in distance, and museums in middle ground (1 block away or so)--you can see a rocket that stands outside the Atomic Museum. http://www.atomicmuseum.com I didn't go there, but I went to to nearby Art and History Museum (more to come). These three photos aren't meant to totally fit together.
Lookin' for some kitsch on Old Route 66. I was looking for a realy hip area that's just east of UNM. I think I passed through and kinda missed it. By the time I found myself at this spot, I thought, "The mountains are getting closer; I should just keep going." So keep going I did, in my rented Kia.
Interesting drive-by views of the mostly new upscale suburbs in the foothills of the Sandias. At this point, the landscape and the style of buildings was just so new to me. I fought the urge to shoot pics of everything. Actually, the ones above are kinda traditional, but as the houses got more upscale, they started looking more adobe in style-- or should we say "fauxdobe"? I grew up in Ohio, so all of these things were blowing me away.
This last pic really shows the low-slung, integrated-with-the-landscape fauxdobe mansion. Click on it for larger view. I wasn't so sure about getting outside into the weather, because it was cold (30s; it would be in the 20s and 30s the whole week I was there). But around midday of my first day I went for a hike in a city park called Elena Gallegos Picnic Area and Albert G. Simms Park, located right near the fauxdobe mansions. http://www.cabq.gov/openspace/elenagallegos.html It was beautiful, and the sun and lack of wind warmed the day. Around every bend there were breathtaking views or intriguing, hardy looking plants. More on that to come. I am having trouble editing entries-- i.e., right now it's only letting me do that in HTML, not in the WYSIWYG interface. That's why I haven't added hyperlinks above.
View from my hotel room on the first morning. Looking south-east(?) from Old Town Albuquerque, so Sandia mountains in distance, and museums in middle ground (1 block away or so)--you can see a rocket that stands outside the Atomic Museum. http://www.atomicmuseum.com I didn't go there, but I went to to nearby Art and History Museum (more to come). These three photos aren't meant to totally fit together.
Lookin' for some kitsch on Old Route 66. I was looking for a realy hip area that's just east of UNM. I think I passed through and kinda missed it. By the time I found myself at this spot, I thought, "The mountains are getting closer; I should just keep going." So keep going I did, in my rented Kia.
Interesting drive-by views of the mostly new upscale suburbs in the foothills of the Sandias. At this point, the landscape and the style of buildings was just so new to me. I fought the urge to shoot pics of everything. Actually, the ones above are kinda traditional, but as the houses got more upscale, they started looking more adobe in style-- or should we say "fauxdobe"? I grew up in Ohio, so all of these things were blowing me away.
This last pic really shows the low-slung, integrated-with-the-landscape fauxdobe mansion. Click on it for larger view. I wasn't so sure about getting outside into the weather, because it was cold (30s; it would be in the 20s and 30s the whole week I was there). But around midday of my first day I went for a hike in a city park called Elena Gallegos Picnic Area and Albert G. Simms Park, located right near the fauxdobe mansions. http://www.cabq.gov/openspace/elenagallegos.html It was beautiful, and the sun and lack of wind warmed the day. Around every bend there were breathtaking views or intriguing, hardy looking plants. More on that to come. I am having trouble editing entries-- i.e., right now it's only letting me do that in HTML, not in the WYSIWYG interface. That's why I haven't added hyperlinks above.