Day two started in Albuqueque. We went to a singles ward at the University of New Mexico and it was so weird. The meeting itself wasn't too bad, but afterwards they started in the back of the room and went through every single person, who said "Hi, I'm (enter name here)" then everyone in the room would say "Hi, (person's name.)" It was so awkward and I refused to be present, let alone say my name, so we high-tailed it out of there almost immediately. Unfortunately, we got outside and found that there was someone parked directly behind my car. We parked in a spot but apparently when people come and the lot is full, they just park in the middle of it, whether or not there's a spot there. I'm not kidding. There were cars parked haphazardly all over the lot. So.Weird. Just when I was thinking New Mexico was a downright pleasant place, compared to the oppressive heat of Arizona, they go and do crazy stuff like introduce every person by name in Sacrament Meeting and park wherever the heck they want. I went inside and actually had the person directing the mass introduction announce that such-and-such car needed to get the heck out of my way. Not quite in those words, but pretty much. So awkward.
We went back to our hotel room to eat our lunch. We'd purposely gotten a room with a kitchen (it was an extended stay kind of place) so we could cook our own lunch the next day so we wouldn't have to stop for food on a Sunday. We bought a frozen pizza - quick and easy - until we realized our kitchen didn't have an oven. The pizza was bigger than the microwave. We ended up cooking it in the microwave, somewhat bunched up so it would fit. It still tasted good, though!
Before heading out of New Mexico, we went to Old Town Albuquerque, which was a great little taste of what I think was a colonial period.
This church is called San Felipe de Neri Church, which was built in 1793.
This whole part of town made me feel like I was in an old western movie.
See ya, New Mexico!
Texas.
We weren't in Texas very long - we drove through that very narrow northern part. We wanted to stop and see something in each state, though, so we found this art display along I-40 called Cadillac Ranch. It was commissioned by a Texas millionaire and consists of ten Cadillacs buried in the ground at the same angle as the Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The cars originally showed the evolution of the car, including the tailfin, but have since been vandalized and painted over to the point that you can't really see any details.
It was so windy that day, so we were getting blasted with dirt and debris.
I guess it's not really surprising that there's a giant cross along I-40 in Texas. What was funny, though, was that about six years ago I saw an equally giant cross in Effingham, Illinois along I-70.
We stopped at a rest stop for a very windy peanut butter and banana sandwich and cheez-its lunch.
We were getting chased by a legit storm but it never caught us. Just a foreshadowing of what would come a couple days later in Alabama and Georgia.
Our day finished in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where we stayed with my friend Devon Lasiter and her mom. Devon was my supervisor at Institute and she flew in to OKC the same night we got there. We actually beat her to her mom's house. It was fun to introduce one of the good parts of Institute to Jaime. It was also really fun to meet Devon's mom. She had a little spill when they first got home, but she was in great spirits and entertained us for a while that night.
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