$ante Fe to Gallup on our way Home

Our last day in $anta Fe we decided to visit Canyon Dr one more time with Pat. We found an Oragami gallery that look interesting so we decided to stop and visit. Pat was undecided on this piece, but still may purchase it on-line. Good for her!

Using the lost wax process only with paper and then turned into stainless steel and painted.

We then headed back to the Albuquerque Airport so Pat could wing her way back to Maryland. Thanks again to Pat who organized most of this trip. Ok all of it! With Chris' help! I just drove...

We then motored our way out of Albuquerque to Gallup, NM by way of Interstate 40 and Route 66. Again, 66 winds its way west to Gallup with few towns to explore. It didn't keep us from looking, however.

This dilapidated building on the Mother Road with no name other than Swap Meet 66. Looking inside a window, we found books and magazines of all varieties strewn about. Obviously, the librarian had take the decade off.

Weather was coming from the West and it was getting colder and more interesting.

Just outside of Gallup is the Continental Divide. On the divide is a Native American outpost and a National Marker. Inside the outpost and I asked if it was true the water runs west on one side and east on the other. The look I got from the lady behind the counter seemed to suggest maybe not. Anyway it was a good photo op.

So we continued on with cool views looking out from our window.

The Santa Fe rail line runs the full length of Hwy 40 and 66.

We arrived in Gallup at the famous Hotel/Motel El Rancho on Route 66. Opened in 1937 as a base for movie productions by the brother of D.W. Griffith, it was full of pictures of old time actors and actresses.

The ornate lobby.

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Spencer Tracy, Alan Ladd, Katharine Hepburn plus dozens more all had signed pictures to the hotel. Our room was represented by Kirk Douglas.