Getting Some Kicks on Route 66

Here we are in Albuquerque with a lot on the agenda in terms of chores like laundry, groceries, car maintenance, etc... We have been on the road for 6 days and overall we are doing great. We have had our moments as families always do but I can't say that it would be any different at home. Before leaving Mesa Verde we did a tour of Long House. This house was further away from camp on a LONG winding road that never seemed to end. Once we got there we had to take a tram to the entrance of the house and then hike 1/2 mile or so down into the canyon crevice. The whole way down we were thinking, man we are going to have come back up this and sure enough we did. But not before we got to take in all the sites that Long House had to offer.







The view right before entering.





Kids on the tram





The seep spring at Long House still supplies a lot of water to the site. A seep spring forms when water percolates down through the porous sandstone of the Mesa until it is forced out by the less porous shale. Over time through the freezing and melting of the water, stone breaks away to form a cave. The caves at Mesa Verde took millions of years to form.





Artwork left behind. It is hard to see but there is a six fingered hand painted on the rock.





View of Long House from the opposite side.

When we got to Albuquerque we found the campsite we had located online and we were unimpressed. We quickly got out the Internet and found a campground that pays homage to the heyday of Route 66. It has a nice pool, laundry facilities, and full hook-ups to charge up all of our batteries after three nights of dry camping. It also has Wifi which makes posting a lot better than holding your phone up to the east with one bar of coverage hoping the blog will finish posting before the 6% that's left of the battery dies. Here are some pics of the campground.













This is a vintage washing machine (just for looks). We used a good old Maytag washer and dryer for our laundry.





Route 66 sign displayed in office.





If you want you can rent a vintage RV for the night.





Tomorrow it is off to Carlsbad caverns. It is supposed to be 110 degrees there tomorrow but I'm sure it will be a dry heat so we'll be fine. It will be nice and cool in the caves too.

Location:Central Ave NW,Albuquerque,United States