Albuquerque

U Haul in Elkhart, Indiana with our stuff ready to be stored in Papa Jerry's basement. Thanks Papa.

Chicago Midway Airport, waiting for our flight to Albuquerque. It is Monday, 9.17.12. We closed on our house in Burlington, VT on 9.10.12....things are happening fast!

Albuquerque Airport - we've landed! After some training at the SW regional office of the Fish and Wildlife Services here, we will spend the next year moving throughout the states of Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico scanning and uploading countless historic and one-of-a-kind documents at over 40 wildlife refuges. Once uploaded, this material will be available to staff throughout the Parks Service. Ultimately, it will all be available to the public. We look forward to our time in ALBQ and look forward to contributing to this important project. 

Courtyard at Church St. Cafe in Old Town Albuquerque, our first meal here.

Turtle passing through at Church St. Cafe

Church St. Cafe. We're happy to be here.

San Felipe de Neri Parish

Town square in Old Town Albuquerque

San Felipe de Neri Perish

Oliver at the gazebo in the town square

Jenny at a shopping center enjoying the climate

4th St. and Central Ave, downtown Albuquerque

Where we stayed: the Doubletree in downtown Albuquerque. Check out the blue sky.

In the room at the Doubletree

Another pretty area in Old Town Albuquerque

Enjoying the new floral and fauna

Tortilla burger, fried cactus with prickly pear dip, prickly pear lemonade, sopapilla, and chile. One of many great meals we had in Albuquerque; this one at the Red Feather Cafe in Old Town.

Poster in US Fish and Wildlife Regional Office. We will visit most of the Wildlife Refuges in AZ, TX, OK and NM and stay in housing at each place. We look forward to working with the crews at each place and to learning about how each contributes to the protection of plants, animals and habitats.

Our car for the year: Chevrolet HHR. Loading in front of the Doubletree, headed to Bosque del Apache National Refuge - our first refuge!

Enjoying sandwiches made on homemade green chile bread at the Neighborhood Bakery on our way out of the city. Out next stop is the first refuge: Bosque del Apache, located about 85 miles south of ALBQ. It is Friday, 9/21/12. So much has happened in the past two weeks!