Finally- Albuquerque!

Hello, Everybody!

We had rain, glorious rain in El Paso! It all started on our way back from Albuquerque. Ellen drove through blinding rain on Sunday afternoon. That was scary! Thank goodness it didn't last too long.

We thought we would show you where we stayed. It was okay, but we still prefer Residence Inns.

This picture shows the lobby area.

This is a picture of the breakfast area where Ellen would come to get our breakfasts each morning. It is a very nice place, and they had biscuits and cream gravy!!

Below is the little computer room. They do have wireless Internet, so we didn't have to use this as we took our laptop with us.

This next picture shows Ellen looking at a book of restaurants in the city. We didn't need to use that either. We had lunch on Saturday at one of our favorite places, Marcello's. We just can't pass up the Lobster Bisque!

One of the days, we decided to go to Sandia Hotel and Casino. It is a beautiful place if you haven't been there. They have a very large non-smoking area of slots. Ellen won as she usually does. Sharon didn't, but she has a limit of twenty dollars to lose. She didn't lose all of that, but it was wonderful fun for us.

This next picture shows the entry way to the hotel. It really is a lovely place to stay.

This is one of the statues that are in the lobby of the hotel.

Would you believe that this is a fountain? It is really pretty.

Susan and Ada gave this gift to Ellen for Nurses' Week. We decided to take it on the trip with us. As you can see, there is nothing left in the bottle! It was wonderful.

When we were driving through the pouring rain on the way home, the outside temperature began to drop. Even after the rain stopped, the temperature kept going down. Sharon took a picture of the temp after it began going back up. The lowest it got was 63 degrees. That was about 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon! It was lovely!Our next adventure will be to Amarillo in three weeks. More on that, later.

Until next time. . . . . .