New Mexico update

Well I made it safe and sound to my destination. I even ran into someone from college at the airport. How odd to see someone from 8 years ago....

Albuquerque is ugly in the way most mid-size towns in the American west are, dull gray concrete sprawl. No beauty, no style. Visually it reminds me of SLC in many ways. But much worse. Their downtown is horrible, frankly. And I can't remember the last time I had to run down an alley at night. Oh wait, that was here last night.

The food here has only been barely passable. My hotel is nice but so large there is no hot tub or free breakfast. But it is close to where my meeting will be held.

I have now been snowboarding in 4 different states, Oregon, California, Utah and New Mexico. I have to agree with the commercials, Utah snow really is something special. Sandia Peak is a nice little area. As long as I don't have a TBI from my fall I will continue to think so. =)

I have also now been to my second museum devoted to nuclear science and thus atomic weapons. This one is nice and lets you get much closer to the exhibits but overall I like the one in Las Vegas better.

I think like Arizona, New Mexico has a lot of beautiful things to see and unique sights, but the main city is nothing special. I will be happy to be back in San Diego, Albuquerque is not making it easy to feel comfortable.

Now the US states I have been to, so far as I can remember, are:
Oregon
Montana
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Georgia
Illinois
New York
Nevada
Texas
South Dakota