Route 66 to Albuquerque

I'm camped at what used to be called Route 66 RV Park, on the historic Route 66. So, I decided to take a ride down it and see the sites. From the campground I drove through a little village, and then followed a frontage road, which continued beside Route 40, and then I came into what I think are the outskirts of Abuquerque. There were fast food joints, car dealers, RV dealers (lots of them), supermarkets, banks - nothing special, nothing that made me think of the old TV show. I started thinking, "what was the old TV show, anyway?" All I could remember was that a blonde kept combing his hair, and they were driving a Corvette. So when I got back to the campground, I went up on You Tube to watch the show. No one was combing his hair - I think maybe that was Sunset Strip. But Martin Milner and George Maharis were driving a Corvette. As usual, my memory recalled parts of two different shows. It was kind of fun to watch an old episode. And now I have the urge to watch some TV, which I hardly ever do on the road.

Today I drove into the Museum of History and Art in Albuquerque. It has a great sculpture garden. I don't know how many figures there were actually in the garden, but it was extensive. There was a special exhibit of Japanese deco. This included decor, paintings, fabrics, etc. What I loved, besides the sculpture garden, were some of the paintings.  There were quite a few Taos Artists featured. I don't know or remember anything of these artists, but I like the work. I'll check them out on the internet.

In the 40s an art center was established at the Albuquerque High School to study the Taos Artists. The artist of the included painting, Star Road and White Sun, Ernest Blumenschein sold this painting to the high school for 10% of the regular price. It later became part of the museum.

 After the museum, I wandered into the Old Town area, which is very attractive - lots of stores and restaurants. It looks like the oldtime Mexican/Southwestern style of architecture. One of the stores sold stuff for the Day of the Dead celebration. My friend Nellie told me about this Mexican holiday which honors the dead. I think it's kind of weird. One place I heard they make edible things and name them with deceased members of their family, and then eat them.Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwww!!!

My plan was to end the day going up the tram to see the view, but decided I had seen an awful lot of views lately, so ended the day back at camp. On the way back, I passed 2 signs of the "historic route 66," and decided to take a picture of the next one, which never happened. At camp, I took Skittles for a walk, or rather, carried Skittles and then was pulled back to the rig by Skittles. We haven't gotten the walk with a leash down pat yet.




I'm heading north. Snow is predicted for the coming weekend, but other days look like they'll be okay, maybe even nice. So I'm on my way.