Day 26 Albuquerque, New Mexico

It was an easy drive to Albuquerque, turn right leaving the hotel for 2 blocks, turn right on Route 40 for 473 miles, turn right for 1 block and into the hotel. Even though the drive was totally in high plains desert, it was beautiful. The mountains and desert change constantly with completely different views. There was always something to look at, plus we could still average 80 miles an hour.

We had been to Albuquerque before and were not impressed with Old Town then, so naturally we went back again and walked around. Our view of Old Town hasn't changed, it was just something to do. We had dinner at St. Clair Winery & Bistro within walking distance of the hotel. It's pretty big winery that grows all it's own grapes and they're pretty good. The place is very nice and the food is probably better than most other restaurants in town. That's it for today. Tomorrow we go to Lubbock, Texas  because it's on the way to Austin. I don't think there's much to do there either.