Albuquerque is definitely a Southwest town. The houses are mostly adobe which does seem appropriate here. We don't really like the look very much, but when we see a Colonial or NW Contemporary home they look out of place. We have had heavy winds and lots of dust blowing, but total sunshine.

When we were looking through some of the literature on New Mexico, we noticed that among things like the State flower and State bird was the State question, "Red or green?"

We have been driving a lot on historic Route 66. It was the original highway from Chicago to Los Angeles and some of the old motels and buildings remain.

This is a desert area with mountains in the distance. It is surprisingly green to us for this time of year. We have been driving along the Rio Grande where there are trees showing Fall colors. It has been cold at night and warm in the afternoons. There are lots of arroyos. They are dry now but suggest that there are huge amounts of water at times!