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My visit to New Mexico started with lunch where the reasonable parking rates confirmed I was certainly not in DC
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Scott Alan Kuykendall is known for his murals that are all around Albuquerque; this one is in Saggio's restaurant
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Greg & Ellen, after lunch at Frontier, a beloved Albuquerque hangout near the university
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Acoma Pueblo, former site on left and current on right
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The church at Acoma Pueblo
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Greg, and others, photographing a kiva at Acoma Pueblo
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A public oven -- its design arrived with the Spanish who in turn got it from the Middle East
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Reunion of Annie, Michael, Ruth, Ellen, and Greg at Seasons 52
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Jane and Mark next to the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
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Audubon Center in Santa Fe
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Because of wind, only one balloon inflated the morning I went to the Balloon Fiesta
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Frustratingly, the roadrunner wouldn't leave the shade in Ellen's front yard
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Buddies and a Buick
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Evening in the central plaza of Albuquerque's old town
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Ellen and Greg waiting patiently for me to take photos of old Albuquerque
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On the north side of the plaza is San Felipe de Neri Church, the oldest building in Albuquerque, built in 1793
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An old cottonwood on First Street in Cerrillos, NM
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A bit of Cerrillos, NM history
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Chamiso bush at entrance to San Francisco de Asis in Golden, NM along the Turquoise Trail
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Morning in the old district of Albuquerque
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The Jemez River just above the small falls at Jemez Hot Springs
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Russian speakers said they were making a food show at Jemez Hot Springs
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Cliff dwellings and canyon floor reconstructions in Bandelier National Monument
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Greg taking in the beauty of Bandelier
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The bark of Ponderosa pines really does smell of vanilla