Old Town Albuquerque

Celebrating 50 in New Mexico

When Frank asked he where I wanted to spend my 50th birthday, I told him I thought Paris was a pretty good idea..... You know... "Paris in spring time!" Turned out to be completely out of the question, mostly because it ssssoooo expensive and takes too long to get there. (Teachers have 6 days of Spring vacation.) So we (I) decided on Santa Fe, a place my cousin Susan Muriel always said she adored.... (so much she actually got married there!)

WestJet flies direct Calgary to Albuquerque and we started by spending 2 great days acclimatizing to the dry, brown, sandy climes. To start the day off, we found our way through a maze of museums, and decided on the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. http://www.cabq.gov/museum/ which has a fabulous collection of bronzes on the outdoor gallery. The absolute best thing is that the museum is right beside Old Town Albuquerque, the Museum exhibits local, regional, national andinternational exhibitions centered around art and history.

The large young man that checked us into our airport hotel was friendly and wanted to know exactly where we lived in Calgary. Turns out he spent two summers learning to wrestle with the Hart family "home" which is just 5 blocks from Strathbury Circle!