Tuesday Jan 30

We spent most of the day at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciences. Its an excellent museum! After a hot dog for lunch in their cafe, we watched a very cool movie about Humpback Whales on their huge 3D screen - it was awesome! Then, for just a few minutes, we went back across the street to the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History to check out the outdoor sculptures (it was dark when we were here the other day).

With still some time left in the afternoon we headed off to the Petroglyph National Monument, which is actually right in the city. Here's a case where the National Monument designation "saved" literally thousands of ancient petroglyphs from damage and theft. Its about a 17 mile slice along the bottom of the mesa, said to contain the largest concentration of Petroglyphs in the country, 24,000 images! We hiked along the trail at Piedras Marcadas Canyon until we ran out of daylight. We enjoyed a rising full moon, too!

On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at Longhorn Steakhouse for an excellent dinner! We got home in time for Trump's State of the Union address (WHICH WE DID NOT LISTEN TO) we'll wait for the analysis by our MSNBC friends; and we're anxious to hear Joe Kennedy.

Flying home tomorrow! It was a most excellent adventure!!