So I just spent the last couple of days in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico. Not a bad place, really...pretty good-sized town, not what you expect when you think of it. It's close to 600K people there now, and I didn't expect that; that's about the size of Tulsa. A few notes on this trip and travel in general:
If you are ever in Albuquerque, eat at Tucano's Brazilian Grill...unless you're vegetarian. It's nothing but meat, meat, and more meat. I had some bacon-wrapped turkey, 4 different cuts of beef, fried whitefish with mango sauce on it, honey-BBQ chicken, glazed ham, brisket, WOW! Oh, and I can't forget the deep-fried banana, grilled pineapple, and grilled peppers. They do have salad, too; you don't have to eat meat. But then, why would you go?
The next night, hit the 66 Diner on Central Street (aka Old Route 66). And order a banana split...trust me on this one.
One of the greatest things the airlines did was introduce online check-in for their flights, and check-your-own-bags kiosks. If you're never used these services, I HIGHLY recommend them. The days of taking 45 minutes to check in for your flight are so...well, so late-20th-century.
This trip allowed me to add another wonderful town to my travel record. For business, there's Albuquerque, Atlanta, Anaheim, Baltimore, Boise, Chicago, Dallas, Elko (Nevada), Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, South Bend (Indiana), and Toronto. Throw in pleasure trips to San Diego, Orlando, Cancun, New Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis, Jackson Hole (Wyoming), Tampa, Bethlehem (Pennsylvania), Louisville (Kentucky), Hilton Head, Tucson, Austin (unfortunately), and Santa Fe, and I am beginning to surprise myself with how much traveling I've actually done in my life. I don't consider myself "well-traveled" but apparently I am.
If you haven't seen the car keys of the future, you might try a late-model Jeep. They don't even bother with something as archaic as a metallic key like we're all used to. Nope, they give you a fob with an end that actually just plugs into the ignition switch. The "key" part of the fob is the RFID signal to the ignition switch, so that when you turn the switch with the fob plugged into it, the thing starts. That took a little getting used to, I tell you what.
Thanks for reading along.
If you are ever in Albuquerque, eat at Tucano's Brazilian Grill...unless you're vegetarian. It's nothing but meat, meat, and more meat. I had some bacon-wrapped turkey, 4 different cuts of beef, fried whitefish with mango sauce on it, honey-BBQ chicken, glazed ham, brisket, WOW! Oh, and I can't forget the deep-fried banana, grilled pineapple, and grilled peppers. They do have salad, too; you don't have to eat meat. But then, why would you go?
The next night, hit the 66 Diner on Central Street (aka Old Route 66). And order a banana split...trust me on this one.
One of the greatest things the airlines did was introduce online check-in for their flights, and check-your-own-bags kiosks. If you're never used these services, I HIGHLY recommend them. The days of taking 45 minutes to check in for your flight are so...well, so late-20th-century.
This trip allowed me to add another wonderful town to my travel record. For business, there's Albuquerque, Atlanta, Anaheim, Baltimore, Boise, Chicago, Dallas, Elko (Nevada), Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, South Bend (Indiana), and Toronto. Throw in pleasure trips to San Diego, Orlando, Cancun, New Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis, Jackson Hole (Wyoming), Tampa, Bethlehem (Pennsylvania), Louisville (Kentucky), Hilton Head, Tucson, Austin (unfortunately), and Santa Fe, and I am beginning to surprise myself with how much traveling I've actually done in my life. I don't consider myself "well-traveled" but apparently I am.
If you haven't seen the car keys of the future, you might try a late-model Jeep. They don't even bother with something as archaic as a metallic key like we're all used to. Nope, they give you a fob with an end that actually just plugs into the ignition switch. The "key" part of the fob is the RFID signal to the ignition switch, so that when you turn the switch with the fob plugged into it, the thing starts. That took a little getting used to, I tell you what.
Thanks for reading along.
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