TX, OK, NM (10-2001)

	The other Detroit!
	Downtown Detroit...Texas, that is.
	Cherokee Trading Post on I-40 in Oklahoma. We found out that I-40 follows the old Route 66. It seemed like every town along the way had a Route 66 museum and other attractions.
	Tucumcari Mountain. We spent a night in Tucumcari, NM. We had planned on stopping in Amarillo, TX, but it was still fairly early so we decided to keep going.
	So what do they do in Tucumcari? Grow cotton for one thing. This field was right next to our site at the RV park.
	Mr. Pumpkin expresses his displeasure with a rest stop in New Mexico. It was actually a nice rest stop, but Mr. P is pretty critical.
	Murals on buildings near Santa Fe bus station. While not high art these do express the flavor of Santa Fe as an art center. While touring the city we learned that Santa Fe is the world's 3rd largest art market after New York and Paris.
	One of the painted horses. Over 150 of these pieces of art were created around the state. They are being auctioned off for charity.
	Frijoles canyon and Tyuonyi pueblo ruins as seen from the cliff dwellings above. This is part of the Bandelier National Monument, northwest of of Santa Fe near Los Alamos. The pueblo and cliff dwellings belonged to the Anasazi. By the time the Spanish arrived in 1500 these and all other Anasazi sites had all been deserted. No one knows why.
	The stone camel, a rock formation just north of Santa Fe.
	On the way to Albuquerque we found this dog wandering along the road. After calls to the number on his collar yielded nothing we called the sheriff who sent an animal control officer to get the dog. The officer said he'd keep trying until he contacted the dog's owner.
	We decided to rent a car for the weekend. Enterprise has a special $9.99 weekend rate for sub-compacts. When we got there they were out of cars so we got this Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 for the same price. The rental guy said that with a pickup truck and cowboy hat all we'd need was a gun rack to fit in here in New Mexico.
	Rattlesnake museum in Old Town, Albuquerque. They have a huge collection of very live rattlesnakes there.
	Scandia Peak tramway. This is the longest tramway in the world and takes you from the valley floor to the top of the mountain in about 15 minutes. The views are fantastic but the tram is no place for those afraid of heights! They even refer to the trips as "flights."
	View from Sandia Peak. Below is Albuquerque. Even on this hazy day you could see for miles and miles.
	Sign at the tram terminal on Sandia Peak. It's 20 degrees cooler up there than down in the valley.