Tuesday morning was a really rainy mess.  Luckily we had jackets and hats.  We drove about one hour to Bandelier National Monument.

Once we got there the rain stopped!  And we were the only people there, besides the Visitor Center Rangers.  It's weird, but great, to be the ONLY people at a national monument.

Dave is looking into one of the indian homes, set inside these very interesting rock walls.  This place was very similar to Mesa Verde in Colorado.

A view looking into the canyon.  Always more spectacular in person.

I am checking out a different home on an even taller Kiva ladder.

The famous Camel Rock picture taking spot.

This National Monument is called Tent Rocks.  It was an easy, sandy, flat 1 mile hike to explore these unusual land formations.  Also, only about two other people there.

Before heading to the airport for our return home we stopped in Albuquerque to see what there is to see.  There also was a Plaza, like in Santa Fe.  But this one was really just full of a bunch of cheap gift shops and not too much historical significance.  We learned that New Mexico is #1 for drug overdose deaths and #49 for education.  Neither of those facts made me want to live here.  Visit certain cities, yes.  Reside, no.

The best part of ABQ!  I stopped into a candy shop that had a lot of Breading Bad signage outside the door.  Lots of Breaking Bad themed items inside.  Then when I peaked into the back room to see the "meth", the owner told me to put on this gear and she'd take my photo.  Well, she took about 15 photos, but it was really fun.  And then we drove to the airport after circumventing miles of road construction and a car accident, we made it.