Thankfully, it happened close to an exit (which can be few and far between in NM), and when we pulled into town, there was an abandoned gas station that we pulled into to use for shade while Timmy changed the tire.
The spare under the van is all rusted out and crazy looking. Rust is just something people don't understand in the desert.
We stopped at a local fast food chain - Blake's Lotsaburger - for lunch and encountered a common NM question - red or green? They are talking about chili, and in NM, we erred on the side of green.
We had great green chili cheeseburgers and before we knew it, we were in Albuquerque.
We hung out in Old Town for a bit and happened to catch a wedding in the little park they have there. But, it was so hot out that we had to seek refuge in a movie theater. I am not joking when I tell you that we had been trying to find a place playing MacGruber since it opened when we were somewhere in the middle of the Eastern seaboard. We found a great two dollar movie theater on the outskirts of Albuquerque proper and snuck Freddie in and all had an AC and popcorn filled late afternoon.
MacGruber, by the way, is hilarious.
We had some great beers and then went to one of the coolest places ever -
The Doghouse! We had awesome chili dogs here (red chili this time), and the food here is definitely more spicy than we are used to in the Northeast.
We spent the night in the Walmart parking lot, because we do that now, when we have to, and watched a bit of the Princess and the Frog we rented from the Redbox.
I love our life :)
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