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Number 93 on my 101 Things To Do List was to learn to recite the alphabet backwards.  I did it!  Go me!

2008-Jun-27 - Number 92: Detoxing

2008-Jun-14 - Purple

2008-Jun-8 - Our Trip to New Mexico: Wow What A Ride!

We're back!!  My DFamily and I just went on a trip that was almost 3500 miles!!  We live in Georgia and we drove to New Mexico!  Many, many stops along the way.  We started out on Sunday, June 1st and drove all the way to Shreveport, Louisiana before stopping for the night.  The following day we entered the big WIDE state of Texas.  (Takes awhile to drive across this state, let me tell ya.)  We went to Dallas and went to the Sixth Floor Museum, where Oswald shot JFK.  Gave me chills.  Then we drove out to South Fork... the Ewing Ranch.  My DDs had no idea what this place was all about.  I had to tell them about the Ewings and the TV show Dallas.  I used to watch it every Friday night.  The light bulbs went on when I told them about "Who shot J.R.?"  They had heard this when they were very young, but had no idea what it really was all about.  We didn't tour the house, just got a good look at it.  Finally, day 3 we make it in to New Mexico.  Our destination!  We visited the Carlsbad Caverns.  WOW!  Beautiful!  My DMother, who is almost 77, walked down into the caverns.  I was worried about her, but she was determined.  The elevator made for a nice ride back to the top.  People used to climb back out, but they no longer allow people to do this.  You have to take the elevator out.  We rode around the area for a little while and returned for the evening Bat Flight.  Thousands of bats exited the cave in search of food and water.  We didn't hang around to see them reenter the next morning.  We headed to El Paso.  While in El Paso, we walked across the border into Juarez, Mexico.  I can now say I have been out of the United States.  Juarez is a very poor area of Mexico.  The border police warned us not to go in, but we still went.  They said there had been 350 murders already this year.  There were actually very few tourists there.  At the market, the sellers told us the police were making things bad for their business, that it wasn't as bad as they made out to everyone.  Both DDs got a sombrero!  We spent the next night at the Riverwalk in San Antonio.  Been here before, liked it so much we wanted to see it again.  Beautiful place!  So enjoy strolling down the Riverwalk.  Next... Houston.  We went to a mall in Houston and they had an indoor ice skating rink.  We didn't try it, but it was interesting watching all those who did.  Our next big stop was New Orleans.  We really had not planned to go to New Orleans, but decided to ride through.  There is still so much devestation from Hurricane Katrina... very sad.  Not the same place we visited before the Hurricane.  We decided to leave New Orleans by way of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.  So glad we did.  That bridge is something else.  I believe it is the longest bridge in the world.  We also drove through Mobile and walked on the pier at the beach.  Another fabulous trip and tons of fun had by all. 

On my  101 Things To Do In 1001 Days list, number 2 is to visit 4 states in the United States that I have not been to, and New Mexico is the first one.  I am enjoying myself accomplishing the items on this list!

2008-Jun-8 - Family Picnic