[Albany]

During the years we were searching for retirement places, yes we ended up in TV, not sorry, we planned a two week road trip to New Mexico. You name it, we saw it. Some highlights, White Sands, Alamogordo, Ruidoso, Inn of the Mountain Gods (apache Rez) all of Santa Fe, all of Taos, Carlsbad, (be sure to get there at sundown for the bat flight), Bandolier, Roswell, just for the laughs, Gallup for the trading posts, go to all the pueblos which are Navajo and/or Hopi, save up and buy some pottery, and Acoma Pueblo for the Navajo holiday of St. Stephen, if possible. Always in early September, there will be buses to the bottom, then you can walk to the top. St. Stephen is the equivalent of Thanksgiving in that all the family comes home for it, and there is an incredible dance, in essence a pow wow. No photography allowed. We are the only folks we ever met who have been to a Native American dance. The end of this story is that Albuquerque isn't on the list because the day we were going there was 9/11. We got in our Budget rental car and drove 2500 miles home. Budget did not charge us for dropping the car off in the wrong state and to this day that is the only rental car company we use.