October 24, 2012

October 24, 2012

At 9:30, we were on our way toward Albuquerque.  Jim had another day of adventure planned for us.  We were going to travel the Turquoise Trail, from Santa Fe on Highway 14 to Tijeras.

Our first stop was in the small town of Madrid, an old gold and turquoise mining town.  Jim has several photographs in an art gallery, but alas, it hadn't opened for the day yet.  As we left town Jim took us on some back streets past old minors cabins.  About half of them have been upgraded and remodeled and are being lived in.

The next stop along our route was in the tiny town of Golden. The Henderson Trading Post was established in 1918 and is still run by the Henderson family.  They sell beautiful Indian jewelry, pottery, and rugs.  Peggy bought a necklace made of spiny oyster shells. It is really pretty.

After coming to the town of Tijeras at the end of the Trail, we got onto I-40 and headed west.  When we arrived in Albuquerque our first stop was at Costco. After about 15 minutes of shopping, we ate lunch...hotdogs for all four of us.

And now we were ready for some serious bead shopping.  The first place was one we have shopped at before.  Their selection is amazing.  I bought some small beads to use on this years' family Christmas ornament.  Peggy bought beads for about 10 necklaces.

She makes them and donates them for auctions at the various charities they belong.

Our next stop was at the Rio Grande, a bead company in the western part of Albuquerque.  Peggy already knew the items that she wanted.  Rio Grande is a huge warehouse store, so they gathered the things on her list.  We weren’t able to walk up and down the aisles of beads and things, which took some fun out of bead buying.

Our last stop before getting onto I-25 to go back to Santa Fe was at a warehouse store called Man I Can.  You guessed it!  They sell a wide variety of mannequins.  It was an interesting place to visit.

For dinner, Bill and Jim went to Panda Express to get our vittles.  Brent says it is bad “mojo” to read the message in a fortune cookie.  Nevertheless, I read mine...”You are an adventurer.  Travel the highway of life.”  I think that just about sums me up, don’t you?