Great dinner-November 18, 2011

We had dinner tonight with the girlfriend of one of Derrick's close friends. Beth is attending the Univ. of New Mexico on a golf scholarship. We went to Little Anita's in old town Albuquerque. Let me back up a bit. We left mid-afternoon so we could drive Route 66 into town and to also have time to walk as much of old town as we could. I will tell you I have looked at more turquoise jewelry than I needed to see or ever will need to see again. And I suspect it was not all native made. It is sad to see what has become of Route 66. It was really something in its hayday. Anyway, we stopped in at the Candy Lady shop to see what candy she had. We were waited on by the owner. Before we got out of there we had a map of New Mexico with several routes we can take and sights to see, all highlighted! We have met some of the most unique people on this journey. This was one more to add to the list. She was a riot. Dinner with Beth was a delight. The food was good, the company was terrific and our waiter was a complete dimwit. Overlooking him, it was a fun evening. We have decided not to go north. We do not want to try to figure out how to wrap pipes to get through nights that are in the 20s. Sadly, that means no Thanksgiving with Derrick this year. We still don't know where we will go tomorrow, but we will be on the road again.