The Land of Enchantment

We fell in love with New Mexico and decided to stay here a few extra days.

Well, not exactly.  Sunday night we were an hour outside of Albuquerque. We are still in Albuquerque. If all had gone according to plan, we should be near Memphis by now.

Sunday night we discovered a leak in our fresh water system.  Fortunately Camping World here in town is an authorized service center.  They had to wait for warranty approval and then for a part but we are hoping to be heading east again before the day is over.

In the meantime, the Camping World people couldn't be nicer, and they are allowing us to plug in to their electricity, fill our water jugs, drink their coffee, and eat their danish.

And we are enjoying Albuquerque.  Tuesday we went to the balloon museum (as in hot air balloons and airships) and the rattlesnake museum (which even Mom enjoyed).  We explored Old Town some more and then drove the lovely Turquoise Trail to Santa Fe.

Of all the desert places we have visited on this trip, we have found Albuquerque and the surrounding New Mexico landscape to be our favorite.  

So we will probably miss Memphis altogether, as we will need to take the shortest route home now.  Instead of sampling Memphis barbeque we will have learned all about the different kinds of Mexican food you can find here.

Hopefully the next post will be from further down the road!