OLD TOWN ALBUQUERQUE

Let me start off by saying that it is very HOT here. Over 100 degrees! Everyone planned to go for a hike this morning, but by the time all doggies were taken care out and all the humans were ready to depart, it was way to hot to hike a 2 mike trail. They were planning to go to the Petroglyph National Monument, but that will have to wait for a day that everyone gets up early. Good Luck on that one!

So after a short discussion, this lazy bunch decided to go to Old Town Albuquerque for yet more shopping. There is a large tree shaded plaza surrounded by narrow streets with all kinds of shops and  winding brick walkways all through the town. The buildings were all adobe hacienda style. Some of  them were connected together
forming larger shops with various rooms. There was even a place on the sidewalk for artists to display their handmade jewelry on blankets similar to the side walk in Santa Fe.

I guess they are pretty well shopped out by this time as I didn't see any big purchases.Guess there is  only so much jewelry and t-shirts you can look at before it all starts to look same. There were no bargains here anyway.

Before coming home they stopped for lunch at another Diner, Drive-ins, and Dives restaurant called City Diner. The "Kathies" shared some mac and cheese and a wedge salad, and the guys each ordered salads. The food was great, but they are already talking about what's for dinner!