last day

We spent our last morning driving out to Malibu and Pepperdine. Pepperdine was just an awesome looking campus. It was Sunday morning so we didn't get a tour and nobody seemed to be awake yet. We ate breakfast in Malibu and took the scenic drive back to LA and the LA Farmers Market. There was a cancer walk/run going on so there were people everywhere. The market had a lot of good food booths and we were upset that we had eaten already...
After walking around a bit we headed to the airport and had an ontime flight heading back and got home around 6pm. I drove back to the airport around 10 to pick up Meg and Joe who had a great time in New Mexico...

more LA

Spent most of the morning around USC and the Coliseum getting ready for the big game. We got stomped but it was still fun being in the huge stadium and cheering with the Husky fans.

After the game we went to the Griffith Observatory and saw the planetarium show. Then we had mexican food and went to see a movie in Burbank. It was a packed day again. going home tomorrow...

More Bandelier

Bandelier

Bandelier park is amazing, ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs. Joe and I had a great time exploring.

New Mexico

Drove through cool artist community of Madrid, then headed over to Bandelier National Park. Drive was beautiful, stunning vistas everywhere.

Exploring in New Mexico

We headed out right after breakfast to explore the area. Some things we wanted to see are closed for the season (we were bummer to find Tinker Town was closed....a 'museum' of a guy whose been collecting 'stuff' for 50 years). Our first destination was Sandia Peak, over 10,000 feet, awesome views and COLD!

Mom n' Joe in ABQ

Joe and I landed in Albuquerque mid-day Friday. After getting our car and finding our hotel (old style motel on Route 66), we wandered around Old Town, checking out shops and what not for the afternoon. Old Town was pretty quiet- the tourist season has ended around here.

After a brief rest, we went exploring in other parts of town, then went to see a movie.