Our best day so far!

May 22 -  We really had a great day today!  It’s about time.  I made Bill his Sunday breakfast since I didn’t get to on Sunday; red velvet pancakes, bacon and grapefruit.  Them we showered and left to get massages.  Oh, that was so nice for my neck and shoulders after 6 days of driving.  Bill really enjoyed it too.  Bill dropped me at Office Max where I was able to exchange my sad little printer for a new one.  It was $10 less and is a scanner and copier also, so it was a good deal.  It’s a little bigger but will still work in my limited space.

I wanted to stop in Albertson’s for some Kefir, which they didn’t have, but did pick up some other things that Wal-mart didn’t have yesterday.  There’s a Sunflower Market across the road that we went to before and it’s such a nice market.  Reminds me of Whole Foods.  Lots of organic and bulk items.  Bill went in with me as he likes that market too.  Got the Kefir and several bags of bulk items, fresh fruits and a jicama.  We unloaded at home and had lunch and just chilled for a bit.  I attempted to resolved the window issue but have not.  I called a claim in to the insurance in case it gets really expensive and talked to the manufacturer who will not sell us the piece we need in the event it’s not installed properly and causes a future injury or claim.  I understand but was not happy with the answer.  Then the distributor I needed to order from left early, so will work on it again tomorrow.

The Spy House

Bill wanted to go see The Spy House here.  It was the home of Ethel and Julius Rosenburg who in 1953 sold the plans for the Atomic bomb to the Russians.  They were electrocuted for treason.  It’s now a bed and breakfast and has a small sign on it that says The Spy House.  He knows all kinds of trivia stuff like that.

Cathedral on Old Town Square

Then headed on down to “Old Town” Albuquerque and shopped a bit and walked the old square.  It was the first time we’ve been there when it hasn’t been packed with people. Stopped for a coke and ice cream, well, Bill had the ice cream.  Looked at lots of jewelry and we bought another Kachina.  I told him this is the last one.  We have no more room for knick-nacks. 

We decided to have dinner at one of the places from Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Standard Diner.  It was delicious.  Bill had a fancy meatloaf that was round and wrapped with bacon, served with pretty tasty mashed potatoes, thick gravy and steamed asparagus.  I had Ahi tuna bites that were lightly breaded, deep fried and sliced and served over a wasabi guacamole and another sauce, with Israeli couscous.  We shared a blue cheese lettuce wedge with bacon and these little blue cheese potato balls.  Of course the loaf of bread was excellent too.  Bill couldn’t eat all of his; he blamed it on the ice cream from earlier.  I was stuffed but didn’t want to ruin my tuna by re-heating it.  They had some nice looking desserts in a display case and it was a tough decision but we were kinda good and each got a shot dessert of Chocolate Pie.  They were twice the size of the ones at Season’s 52 for just $2 each.  It had oreo crumbs, then chocolate cheesecake, then chocolate mousse and a white chocolate swirl dollop and chocolate crumbs on top.  Can’t eat like that every night for sure!

Pretty exchange in Albuquerque

Traffic was horrendous on the way home.  We both walked Xena and then I had to clean the RV hitch and put fresh grease on it.  It had some sand on it and that will ruin the hitch.  I found homes for all the groceries.  We over-bought but didn’t know when we would get into Durango to a real grocery once we arrive at Navajo State Park.  We need to get set up and go get a PO Box and get trained and then work our first weekend.  So we don’t know yet when our first day off would be.

I got the new printer all set up and ready so will print some photos for post cards tomorrow night if I’m not too tired.  We’re expecting strong winds they say, up to 60 mph, so it will not be a fun drive to Colorado.