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Week of Enchantment: Tourists, Sharks, and Gardens, oh my!
Emerging from the natural history hours later, and returning to old town, I discovered that everyone else had woken up and joined me. Cars poured in and filled the once-empty plaza, but with them came pleasant music and even pleasanter … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: Epic? Nay, MAMMOTH!
The natural history museum in downtown Albuquerque is monstrously big, and after arriving at its service doors I made my way around the campus (“building” does not suffice), admiring the way the landscape was sculpted and filled with plants to … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: Takin’ that Left Turn at Albuquerque
Ever since I arrived in Albuequerque, I’d be haunted by the constant din of traffic. I entered town in the middle of it, and remained surrounded by it. It never ceased — even at three am in the morning, I’d … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: Las Cruces
That, dear readers, is always a promising way to start the day. I stayed at the Big Chile Inn, an older place formerly run by a family but now owned by a corporation. Its interior courtyard was lush, and I … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: Blinded by the White
I could see White Sands while approaching Alamogordo, a stretch beneath the mountains that gleamed like the ocean. When I arrived IN Alamogordo and saw the space museum, I wondered if somehow I’d missed the turnoff to the park itself. … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: Through Piney Mountains Cold
On Tuesday morning, I bid a reluctant farewell to Roswell and hit the road west. A half-hour of enormous plains gave way to the hills of the Hondo Valley. The Hondo valley’s rocky mounts gave way to much larger hills … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: Roswell: They Call it Home
After enjoying the Living Desert Zoo, I returned to 285 north for Roswell. Even if it were not Roswell, the city made a good camp for the night, its main street juncture providing access to Alamagordo and Las Cruces. But … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: the Living Desert
High on a hill north of Carlsbad is the Living Desert Zoo, a nature preserve with some animal exhibits. The zoo is unusual in its coherence; instead of gathering random animals from all over the world, the Living Desert focuses … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: Into the Hole He Goes
My first morning in the west opened to a glorious sunrise. I was up with the dawn, for after a ride into town to eat breakfast, I intended to drive the twenty miles out to the Caverns to be there … Continue reading
Week of Enchantment: Go West, Young Man!
My journey west began last Saturday, when I rode with family to the Birmingham Airport. There, after saying my farewells and tripping my way through my first TSA checkpoint, What would flying be like? Kind of awesome, as it … Continue reading
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