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New Mexico Trip: Albuquerque to Santa Fe

17 April, 2007 (21:45) | Travel

Tuesday morning we got up early and decided to go to a few of the local attractions: the skyway tram and the bio park. Since we had to check out by noon we decided to scout out which place had safer parking since all our stuff would be in our car for one of the attractions. We headed out to the bio park and found the zoo portion right next to an elementary school. Check. Off to the tram we go. It’s on the outskirts of town so we got to see just how much sprawl there is in town. Quite a bit of sprawl.

In San Diego we have McMansions. Big houses built for people who were trying to get in on the housing boom and wanted to live some place big. Generally they were far larger than they should have been and pretty tacky. Well, Albuquerque has McPueblos. No joke. We saw quite a few as we headed up to the tram. On the way up the slope we were treated with the sun still rising over the mountains as clouds tried to get over the summits. It was lovely. Finally we made it to the base of the tram and found it … closed for repairs. Albuquerque: 2, Dave & Jess: 0.

We went back down the hill to see the bio park and aquarium. The zoo had just opened and there were a few school kids running around. We hurried in and tried to get to see some sleepy animals. It wasn’t difficult, they were rather sleepy. There were a pair of Sulfur Crested Cockatoos that were happy to see us. They would sing and talk and generally carry on. The zoo in San Diego is better, but this one was much more relaxed so that earned it some points.

There was supposed to be a little train to take us from the zoo to the aquarium. It never showed up. I though trains were always on time? We drove to the aquarium and found it… quaint. They had some little freshwater tanks, and some little salt water tanks, and one big shark tank with a few other critters. They also had a jelly tank that looked straight out of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. There was also a garden that had a ton of school kids running around, so we didn’t stay very long. Albuquerque: 2, Dave & Jess: 1.

Over all this city seemed like it just wanted to get its work done and be left alone. Maybe I didn’t get a very good impression of it because we didn’t stay very long. Maybe it’s just not a very stay-and-explore kind of place and more of a stop-for-a-few-hours experience. Either way, we were on to Santa Fe!
About 30 minutes outside of Santa Fe Jess called around looking for a place to stay. We happened upon the Guadalupe Inn, which is tremendous. We were able to get a nice room (with jacuzzi tub!) just a few blocks from the main touristy part of Santa Fe.

After settling in briefly we headed out in search of lunch and came across Café Dominic just a few blocks away. The food was outstanding and smothered in green chilies. After a brief rest we headed to the plaza to see all the artist shops and general touristy stuff. This was generally nice and we had a good time walking around and getting to relax. The air was slightly chilled and standing in the sun for a second would take the edge off.

For dinner we headed out and found ourselves at Tortilla Flats. We were starving and the food was tremendous. We were introduced to sopapillas; a food more addicting than heroin. We’ve since come back to the room and I’m about to jump into the jacuzzi. So far this vacation is rocking.

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