High Plains Drifter

I seldom get to walk in interesting places.   New Mexico was an interesting place.   I walked around many of the tourist spots.   I saw all the turquoise and silver I ever care to see.   Rode a tram.   Saw old town markets in Santa Fe and in Albuquerque.    I walked some cool trails in the very dark morning and checked out the constellations with the Google Sky app.   The high desert puts on quite a show.

I had another fun walk, a hike actually.   A 90 minute hike with friends up to some ancient ruins.   Hiking at 6700 feet is different than walking dogs at 800 feet.

I had two other walking experiences in New Mexico.   One spiritual and one creepy.   Myself and two friends walked through a museum at Los Alamos.   You may remember that this is the lab that developed the atomic bombs the were dropped on Japan.   There were several Japanese tourist also visiting.   I was uncomfortable.

In Old Town Albuquerque there was an old catholic church that was being refurbished.   The more I stayed inside the church the longer I wanted to be inside the church.   I'm not a very good Catholic but I felt extremely Catholic on that day.   Two weeks later and that feeling has still lasted.   I wish I would have done the church after the museum.