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[Foxfyre]

Hey Foxfyre,know it’s been a very long time sense I was last here,I know thst I asked you before if you could list and recommend some attraction sites for visitors touring through Nex mexico,I should have wrote them down lasttime but I’d didn’t,this time I will so could you list those again for me? Thanks.

Okay here's the short list off the top of my head. All can be looked up on the internet.
--Carlsbad Caverns National Park (near Carlsbad NM)
--White Sands National Park
--Rio Grande Zoo, Botanical Gardens, Aquarium in Albuquerque--you can take an open air train from the Zoo/Gardens to the Aquarium
--Trolley Rides through Old Town Albuquerque & nearby areas - or just walk Old Town.
--Albuquerque Tram - worlds longest
--Many museums in Albuquerque are worth a look
--Santa Fe, especially Canyon Road
--Bandelier cliff dwellings just north of Santa Fe
--Acoma, city in the sky
--Various Ski Areas
--Ruidoso and Inn of the Mountain Gods on the Mescalero Apache reservation near Ruidoso
Many other less advertised destinations off the beaten paths such as Capulin Mtn (you walk the rim of a volcano), the ice cave near Grants, Bisti Badlands near Farmington, numerous ancient ruins are open to walk and explore.

I'm sure I left out a lot but this is a start.

 

[beautress]

Has anyone seen Mr. 007? He hasn't been back since last September. I'm hoping that he is okay.

 

[beautress]

Okay here's the short list off the top of my head. All can be looked up on the internet.
--Carlsbad Caverns National Park (near Carlsbad NM)
--White Sands National Park
--Rio Grande Zoo, Botanical Gardens, Aquarium in Albuquerque--you can take an open air train from the Zoo/Gardens to the Aquarium
--Trolley Rides through Old Town Albuquerque & nearby areas - or just walk Old Town.
--Albuquerque Tram - worlds longest
--Many museums in Albuquerque are worth a look
--Santa Fe, especially Canyon Road
--Bandelier cliff dwellings just north of Santa Fe
--Acoma, city in the sky
--Various Ski Areas
--Ruidoso and Inn of the Mountain Gods on the Mescalero Apache reservation near Ruidoso
Many other less advertised destinations off the beaten paths such as Capulin Mtn (you walk the rim of a volcano), the ice cave near Grants, Bisti Badlands near Farmington, numerous ancient ruins are open to walk and explore.

I'm sure I left out a lot but this is a start.

Wow, Foxfyre. I loved my two different visits to Carlsbad Caverns! And once our drives took us to Albuquerque. The shops were so unique, with beautiful handmade woven blankets, local artist works, and you name it. Just walking through the shops was a total delight of color, fabulous works, and amazing pieces of jewelry made of turquoise, jade, and other lovely natural stone beads. Thanks for sharing a list of good things to see in Albuquerque. Seems we went there in the springtime in which no cactus was minus such FABULOUS flowers as my heart was touched by their beauty. Love, beautress

 

[boedicca]

Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of my fathers death.
To this day I can't really talk about him, or tell the many stories I know without choking up.
I want to talk about him sometimes, "hey you remember that time..." etc.
But I always end up in tears and can't talk.
I think it has a lot to do with the way he died. He died of brain cancer. It was fast. From diagnosis in the beginning of November to his death January 2nd. Mercifully he never had pain with it, but it wrecked him terribly. It took everything from him. He lost motor ability of nearly his entire body within a month. He spent the last month unable to walk, speak, move his arms with any real control. Until he couldn't even swallow.
Let me tell you the horrors of having to take care of your father in such a magnificent state of weakness. You do what you have to, and I would do it again. And again. But that doesn't help with the damage it does to your soul seeing your hero like that and needing help with everything. Everything.
Maybe someday I can get beyond that and talk and joke about him.

Miss you Dad

I lost my dad 5 years ago (he died in Dec 17). I think about him everyday. We had a long good-bye with him. I don't know which is harder, sudden or lingering - but it hurts nevertheless. I hope you can get to the point where you can savor your good memories of him.

 

[Foxfyre]

Has anyone seen Mr. 007? He hasn't been back since last September. I'm hoping that he is okay.

Me too. I wonder about him, Ernie, Peach, BBD, Nosmoking & many others that used to be regulars here. BBD is of particular concern since he got a devastating cancer diagnosis and that was months ago.

 

[Foxfyre]

Wow, Foxfyre. I loved my two different visits to Carlsbad Caverns! And once our drives took us to Albuquerque. The shops were so unique, with beautiful handmade woven blankets, local artist works, and you name it. Just walking through the shops was a total delight of color, fabulous works, and amazing pieces of jewelry made of turquoise, jade, and other lovely natural stone beads. Thanks for sharing a list of good things to see in Albuquerque. Seems we went there in the springtime in which no cactus was minus such FABULOUS flowers as my heart was touched by their beauty. Love, beautress

As a kid I grew up (at least until my Junior year in highschool) within an easy day trip to Carlsbad and everybody who came to visit wanted to go to the caverns. So I went, and went, and went to the Caverns for years. Never got tired of it.

 

[Foxfyre]

As a kid I grew up (at least until my Junior year in highschool) within an easy day trip to Carlsbad and everybody who came to visit wanted to go to the caverns. So I went, and went, and went to the Caverns for years. Never got tired of it.

In those days you could walk in and walk out of the Caverns which I don't believe is an option any more. Back then each group was escorted by a trained guide who gave us commentary along the way. At one point every one was instructed to stand absolutely still and they turned out all the lights. It was the first time of 100% darkness--darkness your eyes never adjusted to--that any of us had ever experienced. Visitors to the Caverns don't get to experience it now. A trip into the cavern now has printed guides or hand held sound tracks that each person navigates at their own speed. There is a very large lunch room at the bottom and then elevators to transport the people back to the surface.

The 'rooms' in the various parts of the cave are so large and spacious--many are huge-- that few, even those prone to claustrophobia, do not feel crowded or closed in.

 

[beautress]

Me too. I wonder about him, Ernie, Peach, BBD, Nosmoking & many others that used to be regulars here. BBD is of particular concern since he got a devastating cancer diagnosis and that was months ago.

Ernie started his own business about the time he became scarce. And I too miss him, Spoonman, Peach, BBD, NoSmo, 007, et al. I wish all of them would come back.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

beautress is it florida or Texas you live in,either way,list your recommendations for your state if you don’t mind.thanks.and you are right foxfyre thsts a good start. Thanks.

 

[badger2]

Mind Wars was cutting-edge and controversial. What happened?

 

[Foxfyre]

 

[Foxfyre]

 

[gtopa1]

Hi Guys,

drinking coffee at 6am Saturday morning on a slightly cloudy Australian Summer sunrise. It's cooler up here (about 200ft elevation; makes a difference). It's one of my brother's birthday so will ring him shortly; he's in Sydney. Life is grand indeed. I usually dwell in the badlands as I am not really suited to genteel society. But I'll give it a go.

Greg

 

[Hossfly]

 

[Oddball]

Saturday morning!

Watch those allergies.

Let the cartoon begin!

 

[Foxfyre]

Hi Guys,

drinking coffee at 6am Saturday morning on a slightly cloudy Australian Summer sunrise. It's cooler up here (about 200ft elevation; makes a difference). It's one of my brother's birthday so will ring him shortly; he's in Sydney. Life is grand indeed. I usually dwell in the badlands as I am not really suited to genteel society. But I'll give it a go.

Greg

Hey Greg. Somehow I missed that you are in Australia but how cool. Sitting at 5600', 200' elevation seems like sea level to us. I guess you are in the hottest part of summer now and it is not quite 6 a.m. tomorrow there--trying to correlate Australian time with ours squirrels a girl's mind when she has never been able to fully comprehend how the International Dateline works.

(I've been told that you either understand how the International Dateline works or you don't, and I obviously am one of those who don't. It doesn't bother me as much as it used to so I guess I am learning to accept that.)

Anyhow, good to see you back gtopa1

 

[gtopa1]

Hey Greg. Somehow I missed that you are in Australia but how cool. Sitting at 5600', 200' elevation seems like sea level to us. I guess you are in the hottest part of summer now and it is not quite 6 a.m. tomorrow there--trying to correlate Australian time with ours squirrels a girl's mind when she has never been able to fully comprehend how the International Dateline works.

(I've been told that you either understand how the International Dateline works or you don't, and I obviously am one of those who don't. It doesn't bother me as much as it used to so I guess I am learning to accept that.)

Anyhow, good to see you back gtopa1

Whoops; I'm at 2000 ft elevation. My bad; typo. Still not high by "foreign" standards but it makes us a lot cooler than "below the Range". Oz is bereft of any real high mountains etc; but it's a great place.

Nearly 5am Sunday now but coffee is later on. The IDL is funny; from here we can keep going East until it's yesterday. Yes; the Summer is usually quite warm of course so it's best to be either on the water (Moreton Bay; I have a boat down there) or up here. The nights are cooler but the days are just as hot usually as one would expect.

I would guess that you are about 14 hours behind us so that would put you at about 3pm Saturday(East Coast of US). Time zones can be quite confusing. lol

Dawn is starting to break in the east; beautiful through the trees.

Greg

 

[Foxfyre]

Whoops; I'm at 2000 ft elevation. My bad; typo. Still not high by "foreign" standards but it makes us a lot cooler than "below the Range". Oz is bereft of any real high mountains etc; but it's a great place.

Nearly 5am Sunday now but coffee is later on. The IDL is funny; from here we can keep going East until it's yesterday. Yes; the Summer is usually quite warm of course so it's best to be either on the water (Moreton Bay; I have a boat down there) or up here. The nights are cooler but the days are just as hot usually as one would expect.

I would guess that you are about 14 hours behind us so that would put you at about 3pm Saturday(East Coast of US). Time zones can be quite confusing. lol

Dawn is starting to break in the east; beautiful through the trees.

Greg

Ah yes. 2000 ft can make quite a difference. We were about 2000 higher than we are now when we lived on the mountain and that made the difference between a foot or more of snow on our side and no snow here in Albuquerque NM.

I don't see many dawns these days as I am retired and like to sleep in until the sun is up. But married to a semi-professional photographer, and liking to dabble in photography myself, I am convinced morning light is different from late afternoon night. The colors of sunsets seem to be different than those of dawn.

As for the IDL, I'll leave that up to you who understand it to figure out. I do understand that you can fly out of Australia and land yesterday. But then if we take the red eye out of here and go west, we can do that flying from Albuquerque to California too.

I think you might calculate time zones a bit differently on your continent than we do on ours though.

 

[Hossfly]

 

[Foxfyre]

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I couldn't even give that one a funny because honestly the only things good for non-morning people in the mornings are:
--they did wake up and are capable of getting up
--maybe the people around them are pleasant and understanding
--that cup of coffee (or 2 or 3 or. . .) to get them going.

I am a chronic night owl and first thing in the morning I am not at my best. My family understands this and gives me time to have my coffee and regain my varoom. It has kept the peace for a very long time.