Thursday, April 24th

OK, it is early in the morning and I am making final plans to tomorrow (or rather, later today). I hope to get up early (or at least out of here earlier than I did today) and see the Cadillac Ranch here in Amarillo before heading west to Albuquerque NM.

OK, NOW it is Friday morning, so here is a list of things I saw yesterday (Thursday) which I will elaborate on later: Cadillac Ranch (Amarillo TX), Magnolia Gas Station (Vega TX), Dot's Mini Museum (Vega TX), MidPoint Cafe(Adrian TX), New Mexico State Line (also Mountain Time Zone), Tee Pee Curios (NM), 86 octane gas (90 was the highest!), double-stacked freight line, Silver Moon Cafe - Since 1959 (Santa Rosa, NM), Rt 66 Auto Museum (Santa Rosa, NM), Las Vegas NM (NOT NV), snow-covered peaks in the desert (Pecos National Historical Park), Santa Fe Trail (America's Byways - National Scenic Byway), Glorieta Battlefield, Oldest Church in the USA (Sante Fe NM), Oldest House in the USA - 1646 (Sante Fe NM), Old Town Albuquerque, The Hotel Blue, and finally, The Blackbird Buvette on the main drag of old Route 66 in Old Town Albuquerque, where I listened to some local jazz music, ate some chicken skewers (the chicken, not the actual skewers), and had a chance to sample 3 local beers: Santa Fe Brewing Company's Nut Brown, Rio Grande Brewing Company's Pancho Verde Chile Cerveza, Tractor Brewing Company's Farmer's Daughter Rasberry Wheat, which I could not finish.