We have friends in town this week. We all decide that we will go to the Pueblo of Acoma, a really cool Native pueblo on top of a skinny and tall mesa:
http://sccc.acomaskycity.org/overview
We set off, and get gas and realize that we left a backpack carrier for my son, so we returned to the house. We finally got on the highway and were immediately met by a huge traffic jam.
I turn around on the highway and backtrack to the previous exit. We travel on the frontage road and it quickly turns into a dirt road. We pass a couple laughing going back the way we were going. We found out why when the road ended in the Rio Puerco, which is a dry river bed. We decided to descend into the river to see if we could get to the next exit, which was only about a half mile further.
We almost flipped my 4runner, got stuck in mud that had a two inch crust on top of it and went up a promising road that ended in a dead end. Thankfully we realized that we should turn back and get out of the river bed. We did find a cross through that went to the other frontage road and were finally on our way to Acoma.
Once on the highway again, I started hearing rattling. I found out quickly that the wind deflector on top of the moon roof was loose and was about to fly off. At that moment my son asked to stop and go potty. We were starting to realize that something was not wanting us to go to Acoma today.
Once we stopped and adjusted the wind deflector and drained our son's tank, I told everyone that we could not ignore the signs and we must go back. We flipped a coin just to be sure and it came up tails...time to high tail it back to Albuquerque. We went through Los Lunas and ate at Blakes before going to the Rattlesnake museum (which was small, but pretty cool.)
http://www.rattlesnakes.com/
What an adventurous day!
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