I provide a few wild and wooly videos. Complete with Giant Armadillos.

We head to our AirBnB...and things get complicated. (But, then, don’t they always?)

We see "The Drowning Pool," and I am terrified.

We explore the “urban oasis” of the Water Gardens...and it is a concrete wasteland.

We head for the Water Gardens in Ft. Worth, and realize why no one should ever go there. EVER.

In Fort Worth we have a terrific lunch, and I tell terrible jokes. Which is, alas, all too typical.

And we're off to Ft. Worth...to see the (terrifying) Water Gardens

Some last thoughts about New Mexico...and life.

We have Contemporary Art and really great chicken.

We leave the Turquoise and head to High Noon for a terrific lunch...against all odds.

Happy Mother's Day

Just some technical background on Turquoise, and asking if we can make it in a lab. (Answer: Yes. But do we want to?)

We exit the Turquoise Museum, and meet the informative and insightful “Mrs. Joe Dan.”

We are inside Albuquerque’s Turquoise Museum, and it is amazing!

We enter the Turquoise Museum, and it is as magical as Aladdin’s Cave.

So last time I had us almost getting into the Turquoise Museum. I was originally going to do that in today’s post...but...but...I thought...

I consider the savage and senseless destruction of the lovely Alvarado.

We explore the history of the Zachary clan, heirs to a great turquoise dynasty.

We travel the Santa Fe Trail and discover the great New Mexican jewelry dynasties.

How the late, great Gertrude Zachary built a castle in downtown Albuquerque, NM.