SUNNY SOUTHWEST

Dear FFF:

Arrived in Albuquerque Saturday, April 21.  Flew from Columbus to Houston in the smallest jet........held 50 people!  One of those that parks at the gate and passengers walk down the ladder and across the tarmac.  Haven't done that in a long time.  Two seats on one side of the aisle and one on the other.  Then boarded the same type plane from Houston to Albuquerque.

Let me tell you, New Mexico is not like the Midwest!  Everything here is BROWN!  However, the sky is the bluest blue I have ever seen, so I just keep looking up!  Joanne's house is quite close to the Sandia Mt. (brown) but it is still fun to look at.  The elevation is just enough higher than I am used to so I am getting nose bleeds every day.  Dry, dry dry...........they average 10 inches of rain a year.

Anyhow, I am busy helping my friend move, organize, and clean her house.  Like all of us, she has accumulated way to much STUFF!  We are finding all kinds of goodies she has forgotten about.  We have been having a good time!  We have found time to do some fun things; get pedicures, go out for lunch, take a trolley ride through "Old Town" (the original settlement) and have lots of laughs.  Next week I am going on a balloon ride over the Rio Grande and another day, Gina (Joanne's daughter) and I are going to take a tram up to the top of the mountain.  Then before I leave we are going to take the train to Sante Fe to check that out.  Notice from pics that we drove on the famous Route 66.

Will send more pictures after next week......................love, Gypsy Joyce