It was pretty, and barren until we got to Albuquerque. This hotel was probably one of the nicest--especially the bathroom, and the hotel receptionist was very nice and helpful and loved Lucas.
We got in kind of late so we just ate panda express.
Lucas loved this mirror--i will put up the video of him soon, where he tries to repeatedly grab his hand through the mirror!
The next morning before heading out, we stopped at Albuquerque's Museum of Nuclear Science & History--lots of interesting stuff about World War II. I wrote about my grandfather CWO3 Norman Fox who was a POW, in the little book they had for people to write their reflections on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
Scary...
I figured I'm allowed to put this up since I recently found out I'm part Japanese ("..part Japanese-rapist.." as John says. How nice huh?)
The big boy and the Big Boy:
They were re-building this plane:
This was really odd--these products all contain radium! Back then they thought it was a cure-all. Some of them still emit loads of radiation (they had some of those orange dishes on a spinning wheel that goes under a machine to detect its radio-activity):
Some interesting posters:
B.O. is watching you!
Yay! Nuclear power! We should really follow in France's footsteps and create more nuclear power plants---read the pros and cons on the poster. It's the closest to 'clean' energy that we will get for the price, that is reusable and feasible, and easy to harness. Arco, Idaho was the first city to be powered only by atomic power. They still have a high concentration of hydro-electric power plants and that state is one of the most prosperous states today-voted high in "best places to live" contests. John is confident he will get a job there right out of the navy, that pays well and the houses there are really nice for the price. Plus we will be close to a lot of his family, so he is pretty set on it. 530 days today exactly!
Oklahoma is next!
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