Albuquerque, NM - Diners,Drive-Ins and Dives & Roodfood.com

I recently discovered this membership club called Harvest Hosts. It's an organization of wineries, farms and wild life refuges that allow members to stay overnight for free in your self-contained RV.  They only ask that we stop and enjoy..  There is no obligation to make a purchase. Of course if the wine is good, I most definitely will make a purchase.  I found one on the route near Albuquerque, Anasazi Fields Winery.  Unfortunately, I failed to do what all the information told me to do, call ahead.  We drove about 15 miles out of our way only to find that it was down a very small winding road and the place was much too small for our rig.  I was smart enough to have T wait out on a road with a wide spot while I drove to the winery.  Once I found that we couldn't fit there, we headed into Albuquerque.

The drive into Albuquerque along Route 66 was interesting. It was kind of like a flash back to the past, like things used to be along the strip in Myrtle Beach.  On Friday, we went into Old Town Albuquerque thinking we would see some interesting old buildings and learn a little about Albuquerque.  Our GPS took us into the center of the University of New Mexico campus.  Wrong way Rhonda was at it again! We were looking for the Visitor’s Center.  After winding our way through campus we found Old Town and went straight to the visitor's center.  When I asked about a walking tour, they said, if we hurry we could catch the tour from the Albuquerque Museum. We rushed over, paid our fee and joined the tour, just before it left the building.  We were excited that we were able to catch the tour.  After about 30 minutes we were sadly disappointed.  The docent, was an architect and had no voice for being a docent.  He spoke softly and we could hardly hear him.  He was so boring that we left the tour after about 45 minutes.  He didn’t tell us anything about old Albuquerque.  All he talked about was pueblo buildings and how much fun they were.  NOT.  We did see an interesting tree that had a statue of  Our Lady of Guadalupe carved into it and

Our Lady of Guadalupe

San Felipe De Neri -Oldest church in Albuquerque

San Felipe De Neri, the oldest church in Albuquerque.  It has continuously served the community without interruption since 1706.

We wondered about a bit, bought some candy and since it was afternoon, decided to go to lunch at the Standard Diner.  The diner was featured  on the Diner’s, Drive-ins and Dives.  One of their specialties was a meatloaf sandwich wrapped in bacon.  Of course T wanted to try that. I had the Southwestern Couscous.  We both enjoyed our meal and T had enough to have for dinner.

We left there thinking we would go to the Nuclear Science Museum, but by 2:30 we were both worn out.  Instead we went to a place listed on Roadfood.com, La Michoacana De Paquime for desert and then headed home for a nap.