Albuquerque, New Mexico: I know many of you are Road Warriors. A 400-mile day in the RV is nothing. Possibly, you switch-out drivers and travel even longer distances. We are not Warriors of any variety. 250 miles is a huge day for us these days. First, we are not good at those early departures. You know that guy camped next to you who starts his engine at 7 o'clock in the morning? That will never be us. We are lucky if the coffee pot is brewing at 7a. Second, we have stuff to do in the morning. Work, emails, postcards to write, exercise. We are your neighbors struggling to get on the road by the 11a check-out time. Third, we have but one driver. The Goddess in the passenger seat is sight-impaired.
And so today we drove from Holbrook, Arizona to Albuquerque, New Mexico - a distance of just less than 250 miles.
Before leaving the Holbrook Petrified Forest KOA, we laced-up our NIKE's and circled the RV park again and again. This park is conveniently nearly an exact half-mile-loop around the perimeter. After exercising, chatting with the neighbors and showering, we pointed the Magna Peregrinus east on I-40 - taking an occasional side-trip to follow Historic Route 66, which mostly parallels/is I-40. (NOTE: I have added a few photos of the Holbrook Petrified Forest KOA at the bottom of yesterday's column.)

Our other stop for the day was to little Grants, New Mexico to dine on a foodie favorite, Steak & Enchiladas, at La Ventana, 110½ Geis Street, 505.287.9393. How we hear about these places, we can't always say/recall, but it was lunch time and there was a large empty gravel lot across Historic Route 66 from the restaurant to park our motorhome, so we decided to give La Ventana a try.

True!
A very nice interior, cozy booths, a very nice staff and the famed Steak & Enchilada plate was indeed worth the stop-over.

FYI: In New Mexico, the question is "red or green"? There are two sauces in New Mexico and they are never called sauces, they are called chile. Red chile is made with dried red chili peppers. Green chile is made with roasted fresh green chilies. I have a very good red sauce recipe that I use for my Chile Colorado, if you are interested in making this sauce at home.
We continued to just a few miles west of Albuquerque to our reserved site at the American RV Park.

Pedometer: Just over 9000 steps today - nearly all of it from ovaling the campground this morning.
Until my next update, I remain, your New Mexico correspondent. Shabbat Shalom!
