New Mexico: Day #3

Sunday started with a breakfast at the Marriott Hotel. It's so nice that it's all free because we're using my son-in-law's free points or whatever they're called.

We were surprised to hear that Sarah Palin was supposed to be coming to the hotel at 9:00 for some political rally for a gubernatorial candidate. We left well before that for Jon and Sarah's home.

We went to the Petroglyph National Monument.

The petroglyphs were carved into the vesicular basalt by ancestors of the Pueblo People.

Jon took a lot of photos of his favorite niece and KC loved seeing them.

Father and son enjoyed comparing photos.

KC used the parking space stop as a gymnastics balance beam.

KC said, "I'm the line leader today," as she tramped up the mountain.

We were amazed to see her climb all the way to the top without being carried.

KC kept shouting down at Art, "Be careful, Grandpa. There's a lot of rocks around here."

It was a pretty high climb, but it was a lot of fun to see the different petroglyphs along the way.

When we got to the top, Jon said, "KC, you have to do the summit pose!" He and Art have climbed Mt. Fuji and Mt. Kilimanjaro together. KC didn't quite understand what was required so we were all jumping up to show her. I imagine people thought we were a little demented.

Father and son!
There were lots more petroglyphs to enjoy on the trek down.

This chipmunk was scampering about. We THINK it was a chipmunk.

The sun was climbing up in the sky when we headed to Albuquerque for the Festival of Asian Cultures at the Civic Plaza.

We could hear Hawaiian music as we approached the plaza. What fun to see the hula dancers on stage!

We ate lunch there at the many booths and then was about to return to Jon and Sarah's place when Tif saw some Korean dancers ready to go on stage. We all felt KC needed to see some of her heritage so we stayed to watch.

We got to the car and it was barely 2 minutes before we looked at KC and saw her sound asleep with her thumb in her mouth.