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Albuquerque

Adventure Travel

ABQ’s South Valley: Big Plans, Lots of Traffic, Buckets of Paint

ISLETA & BRIDGE SW, ALBUQUERQUE—Most of Albuquerque is laid out in a grid with main streets being about a mile apart.  This is not really the case in Albuquerque’s South Valley.  Oh, Bridge Blvd. runs east and west in a straight line all right.  But Isleta Blvd. doesn’t follow those Read more…

By Jon Knudsen, 10 yearsJune 25, 2015 ago
Blog

Back to Barelas for Huevos, Repairs, and a Man with Bronze Skin

Let’s go back to Barelas.  My friend Sam Pillsbury and I went down for breakfast at the legendary Barelas Coffee House.  He, being vegetarian, had pancakes.  I had the basic huevos rancheros.  Apparently Barack Obama had the DeLuxe huevos rancheros when he ate here.  That’s where they sneak a couple Read more…

By Jon Knudsen, 10 yearsJune 23, 2015 ago

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