In Santa Fe we talked some (donut and coffee) shop with the friendly and welcoming owner of Whoo’s Donuts as we devoured delicious nuggets of sweet, crunchy, spicy and doughy goodness…orange cardamom cream with apricot glaze, lavender blueberry corn… need I say more?  We followed up donuts with a stop at famed, local, and counter-culture Downtown Subscription for a creamy, sweet Chai latte and to gaze lovingly at crispy, new pages in Garcia Street Books.

On the Turquoise Trail to ABQ we did see signs warning of bovine abduction.  What do aliens want with New Mexico cows, anyway?  In Albuquerque we spent the remainder of the afternoon at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History with massive B-52s, Tacos, uranium mining, nuclear warheads and Amazing Stories.

We stayed in Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town and watched it rain as we inhaled savory tacos enchiladas and drank too many margaritas at the Backstreet Grill.