Sunday, April 27, 2008 - Albuquerque NM
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New Mexico hasn't seen the last of this guy
New Mexico has a firm hold on my heart - I'll be back come next fall. This is one beautiful, friendly state I want to spend more time exploring. Once I get my affairs in order back in Red Rock I'll be headed back to New Mexico for next winter, hopefully in time for the Albuquerque Balloon festival in October. A sizable contingent of Lazy Daze folks gather there each year and I'd like very much to join them.
First stop - the Apple Computer store in Albuquerque
My trusty iBook laptop is showing its age and I'm beginning to think about an upgrade. It works splendidly but with all the pictures I've been taking out here I'm running out of hard drive capacity. Plus it might be nice to have a faster chip and a bit more screen real estate. Unfortunately for my pocketbook I've discovered Apple has equipped its MacBook successors to the iBook with glossy screens. The screens offer a beautiful, crisp image but unless room lighting is carefully controlled reflected glare spoils it completely. Alas I fear that would be a big problem in the RV with it's big windows. I may be forced up to a MacBook Pro model where anti-glare screens are offered as an option - but, other than whacking my budget, that might not be a bad idea. The processors are faster, hard drives are bigger, and bigger screens are available too. We'll see....
Night camp
Wal-Mart Parking Lot in Albuquerque NM
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Albuquerque NM
Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #835, 400 Eubank Blvd Ne, Albuquerque, NM 87123 - (505) 293-8878
- Good level parking
- Verizon cell phone service- Very good
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service - Very good
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
Mix With the World
I am convinced our own happiness requires that we should continue to mix with the world, and to keep pace with it. . . . I can speak from experience on the subject. From 1793 to 1797, I remained closely at home, saw none but those who came there, and at length became very sensible of the ill effect it had upon my mind, and of its direct and irresistible tendency to render me unfit for society, and uneasy when necessarily engaged in it. I felt enough of the effect of withdrawing from the world then to see that it led to an anti-social and misanthropic state of mind, which severely punishes him who gives in to it; and it will be a lesson I never shall forget as to myself.
John Adams