Just as you drop down out of the mountains and back to I 40 (east west) you see something in the distance.....



This is Mount Taylor or Tsoodził, the turquoise mountain. One of the Four scared mountains to the Dine (Navajo) it is the home to several of their important spirits. At 11,300 ft it is almost a perfect strato-volcano and is the source of the lava flows that are directly south and west of Grants New Mexico.



I'll take my camera nest time we go camping there and show you all some neat stuff.

Heading into the Rio Grande Valley one of the major sites is Acoma the "sky city. This pueblo is about 40 miles west of Albuquerque.



This particular pueblo has been inhabited since about 1150 AD.



The Saltaire flys west leaving Acoma.



The wee airship is scheduled departure on Monday morn. I'll see if I can snap a few more shots around Albuquerque for your viewing pleasure. It has been both an honor and a privilege to host the Airship. May God bless and keep her and all that follow her voyages! ith: