Sunday Jan 28

After a hotel breakfast we took the shuttle over to the airport and picked up our rental car. First stop was the ABQ BioPark which was the botanical garden and the aquarium.  Both were very nice. The garden had the coolest "Garden Railroad" and a wonderful bug exhibit. The gardens, of course, were all brown for the winter. Come back in the spring and it will be spectacular! We had an excellent lunch at the Shark Reef Cafe in front of a huge fish tank!

On the way to the ABQ BioPark we drove along Tingley Beach park along the Rio Grande (which doesn't amount to much here!) Lots and lots of people fishing along the bank of the pond, enjoying the sunshine.

Our next stop was the BioPark Zoo, about two miles away. A very nice zoo with some construction going on to improve some habitats.......a seemingly very large habitat for penguins. Many of the animals were "away" for the winter so, again, come back in the spring.

Our hotel, Comfort Inn, is located in an industrial section not far from downtown. Its just been renovated so its quite nice, up to Comfort Inn standards, except for the lousy location. While Albuquerque seems to be growing like many western cities (although nothing like Boise) the downtown seems to have been left behind. The growth in the outskirts. For dinner we went out a few miles along I-40 and found all kinds of development. We had a great pizza at a large sports bar called Bubba's.


Tomorrow we'll drive up to Santa Fe, exploring along the way!