Albuquerque Again

This is the third time I have driven to Albuquerque.  Never again!  It's too far and it's only fun (the drive) when it's cold. 

Martanne's is the best place in Flagstaff

Because of this.  Chilaquiles.  They also come in "vegan," but you knew that.

Riblet/Ribble/Sonora, the best dog.

Green chile on everything in Albuquerque. Everything! Pizza, eggs, mac & cheese, hot dogs, in cocktails, on your face.

The insides of washing machines make good fire pits.

Dude. Is that -

Vigo! In stained glass collage! BRILLIANT

Elizabeth Bathory as a vampire? I don't even know, but I love it very much.

Breakfast: potatoes, cheesy grits, eggs, tomato, cupcake, coffee, $7.

Requisite New Mexican road landscape.

Albuquerque

These uploaded in such a crazy order and I cannot be bothered.

Thai Vegan is the best. If you don't like brown rice, and who does, get it there. Not only is it unusually delicious, but it comes heart-shaped.

oh my god that is snow.

peta on speed-dial.

this photo sucks, but Albuquerque glitters like a jewel (a dusky jewel) at rush hour.

why everyone in Holbrook has lobster-hands and a tail.

doing woman stuff.

I drove out to Albuquerque this week for a friend's birthday. I like solo road trips because I can indulge all of my annoying behaviors, like having to pee every 45 minutes and wanting to stop and look at EVERYTHING.

Twin Arrows! The light was awful, and I am lazy. Took shitty pics like this all day long. I was surprised to see the arrows have been restored recently. I thought the place had been abandoned longer than 11 years...looks longer. A metal sheet closing off one of the kitchen doors had been pried up and away...I wanted to go inside, but chose to be prudent for once due to being out there on my own. Too many movies have left me a little wary out by ramshackle rural places.

Holbrook isn't a nice place.





I loved the El Rancho in Gallup. Everyone stayed there, even Tom Mix! oh, damn.



Around Window Rock. This was definitely the most picturesque spot on the route. Really gorgeous area. I got waylaid at a trading post talking to a kid who was shipped up there by his parents from Tucson after he got into trouble selling drugs for MS 13. Now he sells $5 rugs and hangs out in Gallup. There are worse things.





Albuquerque, in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains.