April 5, 2007: Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
We have continued upriver along the Rio Grande into one of the oldest Spanish colonial cities in the country. Iglesia de San Felipe looks pretty good for being 300 years old, and has withstood a modern Meth problem, which has unfortunately uglied most of the rest of the city, including our less-than-lovely RV park.
We have continued upriver along the Rio Grande into one of the oldest Spanish colonial cities in the country. Iglesia de San Felipe looks pretty good for being 300 years old, and has withstood a modern Meth problem, which has unfortunately uglied most of the rest of the city, including our less-than-lovely RV park.
The fertile valley here was settled for a good long time before Spaniards came. We hiked up in the hills beyond the city where there are native petroglyphs all over - the impressive stick figures to the left are examples of the relatively modern 'Rio Grande Style,' which developed just before Rembrandt and Vermeer did their thing.
posted by Thomas and Stacey at 4:50 PM
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Those petroglyphs look like they were made by meth users out to fool you. (I don't think one capitalizes meth, unless one's very fond of it.)
The houses look awesome, like the suburbs of Bedrock.
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