Last post for the night.

Last post for the night. Janet wanted to see Pinkman's Pickup spot (from Breaking Bad) and the Transformer statues, so we did that. She's got the photos for those things.

Then, we went and saw some cars. Specifically, the Batmobile, the De Lorean, the Mystery Machine, and the A-Team van. Here are a few pics.

Then we went to the The Paleta Bar Rio Rancho for a snack/dessert.

It was a busy, but fun day!

It's a lot of posts tonight, but...

It's a lot of posts tonight, but it's the first time I've chilled in a few days, so it's catch up. 😂

Today we went to the ABQ BioPark. We didn't make it to the zoo part, but we did see the Botanical Gardens, the Bugarium, the Aquarium, and the Shark Reef Cafe. The cafe was cool because it was part of the aquarium and you could watch the fish, rays, and sharks swim while you ate. The aquarium was pretty small compared to the ones in Tennessee and Georgia, but it was still very nice. I didn't take any photos there, though, because my phone was dying from the Botanical Gardens and Bugarium. Also, the Bugarium had Naked Mole Rats for some reason. I didn't get any good photos of them. They were roped off, so you could see them, but not up close.

I'm not going to post every cool photo that I took today because I don't think people want to scroll through all of that, but I'll post a few of the best ones with captions.

Shaun making faces near a Tree Aloe. 😂

Euphorbia something. It's really pretty.

Me and a Tree Aloe

Dragon in the area of the cave/maze for kids that we also definitely went into. 😂

Shaun in the cave

Me with a little cactus

Shaun said we can get married in here. 😂❤️ I guess if we ever decide to renew things, I know where we'll do it. 😊

This Agave is death-blooming. 🙁 It pushed through the thick leaves of the Yucca to get it's pollen up high.

Yesterday, we also went to Old Town Albuquerque to look around.

Yesterday, we also went to Old Town Albuquerque to look around. I was trying hard to be good and not buy things, but of course we had to get some candy from The Candy Lady. It's just not a stop in Old Town without some.

We also got thirsty and happened upon the Blackbird Coffeehouse, where Shaun won a free drink for balancing a coin on a lemon that was floating in water. I had a delicious and refreshing Prickly Pear Lemonade. The decor was gorgeous. Janet got most of the good pictures, so I'll post those later, but here are a few that I got.

Me and a Prickly Pear

Some flowers growing in Old Town

A wall at the coffeehouse

I love these chairs; they look like tree branches!

A bat skeleton hanging outside the coffeehouse

Yesterday, we went to Sawmill Market.

Yesterday, we went to Sawmill Market. Me and Shaun have been saying forever that we need to go in there, but we almost never do cool shit unless we have guests. 😂 It was really neat in there. It's like a large, indoor food court. There's just about everything you can imagine.

Sunday...

Sunday, we had Weck's right after the airport, then went riding around and hiked to see some Petroglyphs at the Petroglyph National Monument. Afterwards, we had some delicious green chile and pepperoni pizza from Dion's.

Monday, we had a balloon ride (our third one with Rainbow Ryders, Inc. Hot Air Balloon Co. - Albuquerque), went to US Forest Service - Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands, then to The Range Café. The food was delicious. Janet had the green chile apple pie with cinnamon ice cream and seemed to love it.

View from the mountain

Some pretty lichen on the mountain

Mural on the side of The Range Cafe

The Range Cafe has tons of plates signed by celebrities.

We've been going pretty hard...

We've been going pretty hard since picking up our friends from the airport on Sunday. We've had a great time. I had to sit down and cuddle some kitties last night, though. I feel like I was missed.

Editing to add that we don't usually leave Bear loose in the house when we're not here... Mostly because we're never not here. But we have been leaving him alone with Cub and he's been great. We're so proud of him! 😊

Yesterday we were in the pool...

Yesterday we were in the pool and a bug (kind of ant-looking) fell in. I got them out, then it pulled 2 of it's wings off right in front of me.

Talk about traumatized! I was straight up flabbergasted!