We are staying our last night in a hotel. it has been interesting looking back at the various places we slept for the past 3 weeks.
Other than Selena and Ed's place, my favorite is still The Dancing Bear Inn in East Glacier in Montana. it was a cute place, nice rooms with hugh towels and a really personal touch. not to mention it was a block from the train station, but then most motels in that town were a block from the station. it's a really small town.
we did stay at a Comfort Inn near Yellowstone for 4 nights, Maswik Lodge at the Grand Canyon and a funky "travelers inn and Hostel" in Flagstaff for 1 night each, and 2 nights at The Blue Hotel in Albuquerque or ABQ as it is commonly referred. we also slept on the train for a total of 6 nights and 2 more nights on the trip home. It will be nice to sleep in our own bed Monday night.
The train ride between Flagstaff and ABQ was quite interesting as we saw some amazing land formations as well as great cloud formations. Some areas were so flat, and other times the cliffs and mountains went on for quite awhile. just amazing.
albuquerque is a cool city. it has some very neat modern construction and lots of adobe style older neighborhoods. we spent some time in Old Town which was originally a Spanish village with many, many adobe building, an old church, a thousand gift shops and restaurants and a nice gazebo in a park that had constant musical/dancing entertainment.
We haven't been to the Balloon Fiesta yet, but will tomorrow morning, Saturday, before we leave. the weather here hasn't been too cooperative so Thursday nights events were cancelled, and it doesn't look too good for tonite. From our hotel balcony this morning, we did actually see a few balloons that did venture up, but they were really, really small. Saturday morning there will be a mass ascension at dawn and the weather looks like it will cooperate. if not, we're leaving. oh yeah, we're leaving anyway. Homeward bound.
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