Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good Morning!!!! 65F @ 9:00AM Areas of fog early, becoming sunny this afternoon. High around 75F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Drew, Santa Fe, NM has some great restaurants . There's also a plaza downtown that used to have vendors selling hand crafted American Indian art and jewelry. Tons of other galleries, too. Been a while since I've been there, though.

There are also the Taos and Acoma pueblos in the Albuquerque area that are worth seeing.

Gateway to the 19 Pueblos | Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

Learn about Pueblo culture in our museum and exhibition galleries. Tour our collection of murals by Pueblo artists for an inspiring personal experience.

indianpueblo.org

In Albuquerque, you might consider a visit to the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
601 Eubank Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123

Home

www.nuclearmuseum.org

Here are my notes on Albuquerque restaurants. They are a bit dated, being at least fifteen years old:

American Land & Cattle - Tramway & Indian School
Billy's Long Bar - 4800 San Mateo
(505) 889-0573
Bob's Burgers - Eubank & Central (SW corner)
Burrito Lady - Eubank & Lomas NW Coner - takeout only
Chama River Brewing Company
4939 Pan American Freeway NE
(505) 342-1800
Copeland's - Cajan
County Line of Albuquerque, BBQ
9600 Tramway Blvd NE (Cross Street: Tramway Road)
(505) 856-7477
Dicky's Smokehouse
4811 Pan American
505-345-2788
Dos Hermanos - breakfast burrito, 2435 Wyoming, 2 Blocks N. of Menaul (505)294-8945
Double Rainbow is now Flying Star
The Flying Star - on Menaul West of Eubank - New Mexican & lots of other
Diner W/great bakery, on Menaul between Wyoming & Pennsylvania
Conference rooms available at 723 Silver at 8th St., see Alex. (505)244-8099
The Frontier - breakfast burrito - 2400 Central
Fu Yuang Korean & Chinese
3107 Eubank Blvd NE Ste 16
505-298-8989
Great American Land and Cattle - Steakhouse
1550 Tramway Blvd NE
505-292-1510
Golden Pride - 10101 Central west of Eubank, 293-3531 - Breakfast Burritos - green chili
Hello Delli on Candelleria west of Carlile on north side of road - Buritos - 889-3354 - open @ 7AM
Huong Tau - Vietnamese, 1016 Juan Tabo Blvd NE # B, @ Constitution, (505) 292-8222
Hurricain Cafe on Central - Breakfast Burrito
Kay & I Diner - good green chili - 1/8 Travis or Wimpy burrito
LaSalita - on Eubank north of I40 on the west side - good green chili
Le Peep - 2125 Louisana north of Marriott - Breakfast Burrito
Little Anitas - New Mexican, 1105 Juan Tabo south of Constitution 292-4111
Macaroni Grill - Louisana and I40
Minato on Mountgomery @ Juan Tabo - Sushi
Maria Teresas - (505)242-3900 Old Town on Rio Grande at Mountain, parking garage on Mountain I40 W to Rio Grande Blvd. (S) to just past Sheraton on left
The May Cafe - Viet Namese
Middle Eastern Bakery - San Mateo & Menaul
Monica's Cafe - 5331 Menaul west of San Pedro on north side of street - breakfast burritos
Owl Cafe - 291-4900, I-40 & Eubank (SE corner)
Panda Express - I-40 & Eubank (NE corner)
Powdrell's BBQ
5209 4th St NW (Cross Street: Delamar Avenue NW)
(505) 345-8086
or 11301 Central Ave. N.E.
298-6766
Paisanos - 1935 Eubank, 298-7541
Pappadeaux - I-25 & Jefferson, SW corner
5011 Pan American Freeway
(505)345-0240
Pei Wei - On Louisana between the Sharaton and the Mariott
Quarter's BBQ
801 Yale Blvd. SE
505-843-7505
Raging Shrimp -
Richard's - on Menaul west of Carlile near Office Max
Rob's Ribs
3000 San Pedro Dr NE Ste C - Candeliria & San Pedro
Rockfish - I-25 & Jefferson on west side
Rudy's BBQ - I40 & Carlile, lean briskit
Sadie's - Mexican
6230 4th St NW
505-345-5339
Scarpas - Montgomery
Santa Cafe on Washington
Texas Land & Cattle - Steak, Jefferson @ I25 north of I40
Tucanos Brazillian Grill - 110 Central @ First, 246-9900
Weck's - best breakfast in NM. - Louisiana north of Sheraton
Zea Rotisserie & Grill - 4800 Mountgomery NE @ San Mateo, (505) 878-9327


And here are some notes on Amarillo:

Amarillo Railroad Museum - Weapons Railcar

Amarillo Railroad Museum

The mission of the Amarillo railroad Museum is to preserve the rich railroad heritage of the Texas Panhandle.

www.amarillorailmuseum.com

13000 E Highway 60
Amarillo, TX 79108
(806) 335-3333

Henk's Pit Bar-B-Que
1508 S Grand St
Amarillo, TX 79104
(806) 372-9011
Lean, tender, large pork ribs
sweet sauce
generous portions


Lincoln Steak House
Really good steaks


Logan's Steak House
OK food, good baby back ribs, big beers


Dyer's Bar-B-Que
1619 S Kentucky St # 526
Amarillo, TX 79102
(806) 358-7104
Good smoke, but pork ribs tough
hot and mild sauce

Unfortunately, 75% of those restaurants in Albq. are no longer.... especially the steak houses.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Now my upstairs geo unit is making a loud humming noise. Can’t figure out what’s causing it. It’s been running nonstop for days.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My friends recommend going to Ireland late August into Sept for the best weather. They say late may or early June might be ok also.
I’m thinking I’d use the info the tour company has and try to book my own.
For $4k each they drive you around the island on a bus, and provide hotel which comes with breakfast. Not sure what a car costs to rent for 2 weeks, but can’t be $2k. Yea, they do tell you about the stuff you ride by.

They don’t include airfare. I priced direct flight from DC for $800 - $1k coach. Only 5 hr flight from here.
I’ve driven all over England and Scotland. In Scotland every town had a visitor center where they could book you a room for the night, just tell them where you want to stop for the night. Wonder if they still do that.
We stayed at some nice places. Most were old large manors turned into hotels. One place in Oben Scotland it was someone’s house, a true B&B.
That was before GPS and cell phones. Had to use paper maps while driving on the wrong side.

That reminds me, wonder what happened to the guy from wales that used to be on this thread.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Not a bad day at all! Considering that a stray T-storm woke me up just before midnight last night. Loud as all get out, but only got .18" of rain. Wasn't even in the forecast.

I figured since the guessers predicted a 60% chance of showers today, I could guarantee some rain if I started cutting the field...... 3/4 the way done, dark clouds forming.... finished mowing, put the loader back on, and tractor put away. A couple claps of thunder, 10 drops of rain, and all done! Disappointing to say the least.....

On the plus side, all the trimming and mowing is done for a few weeks. All good!

Tomorrow, I 'm going to tackle ripping out the last Cholla cactus on the property. It was the biggest and put out a lot of bright red flowers.... too bad.


If you just brush up against one and an entire arm of super sharp needles will bite you big time! I barely touched one arm with the tractor back tire.... flung the cactus arm right into the back of my arm! Then had to use needle nose pliers to dig out all the needles out of my arm and the tractor tire!

It's life expectancy is now very short! Once it dries, I am hoping I can get an arm "skeleton" straight enough to make a cane.



Don't know how long it will take to dry out....

Ran the drip irrigation on a slight abbreviated time schedule, hoping to get a good storm.

Another project to work on tomorrow is to troubleshoot the garden tractor.... cut the area over the septic field (50'x 150') then along the drive.... suddenly died. Wouldn't start unless I poured a little gas into the carb. Fuel pump is working, apparently all the safety crap is working since it will run with the gas pour. Thinking I'll check the fuel line from the pump to the carb, not getting fuel ??? Maybe crud in the carb??

I'm hoping it's something simple like just some crud blocking a line....

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, more clouds, look like might rain, but did not, High temp was 96ºF, HI 99ºF. Made coffee to start day, Men's Meeting, trip into town to take care of form, bike ride, used neck cooler with ice and liquid iv for hydration to combat heat, worked fairly well. Lunch then nap,phone work me up then decider finish nap, late dinner.
resuming July 7, 6:41 AM CDT post:
Don sorry ring install going so poorly. Sounds like you got some good rain.
Plowhog 100ºF is hot enough. Nice Rigby pic
NHBX glad you can have a conserve energy day. Only .3 inch rain here, some areas got none.
Scott(vt) good luck finding model number! Hope switch still available.
Drew talked to a guy from Austin this morning, he got 0 rain from Beryl.
Ken hope some RM43 adsorbed in. Glad garbage bag caught leaked resin pour. Sorry about pool overfull. Nice pics
Drew yes will be nice piece of work.
Frits hope you enjoyed the shop time. Thanks for D update.
David hope puttering was fun.
Bill bet we get more snow than you get hurricanes
Paul hope a good trip, sitting on ground is always so exciting.
Dennis I wish I knew why people park so close as well.
Don hope round 2 better than round 1
Drew sorry about heat, glad good lunch.
Dennis thanks for info.
Drew glad you have good It help from multiple peoples.
Dennis thanks for link.
Lou nice pics from the cameras
Engineer that is a hot streak.
Ron nice pics from cameras.
Thomas lot of wood stacked. Hope good show from critters.
Ted glad awnings are don, hope you got rain.
Kyle hope your mom's house does ok from hurricane. Nice you got answers to prayer.
Dennis glad good worship service and good lunch. Nice and warm at 8:30.
Don thanks for info
Scott(vt) nice you got in a sunset lake cruise.
Randy(wag) glad cold snap over hope pipes are repaired.
Don sorry no extra rain.
Kyle wife would rather I had less stuff as well.
July 8 12:31 AM CDT posts:
David hope pickles were good.
Buppies sorry about all the trauma on Sunday/Monday. prayers sent.
Ron glad SSQA worked ok. Sorry NASCAR watching was a bust. Hope you have enough to do inside. Hope you don't wash away. Nice dandelion
Bill hope you and Jr had good town trips.
Billy glad you are getting hikes in and Della gets to go on some of them
NHBX Happy Birthday. Nice you don't have a lot of chores to do.
Thomas hope day went well, and you got nap in.
Drew no wind from Beryl, .3 inch rain.
Masseyrider most people just don't learn
Plowhog sorry about heat, seasonal temps here(mid to upper 90's). Hope fridge replacement goes well.
Don glad ring working on your phone, hope they get wife's phone worked out, hope additional cameras went better than doorbell.
RNg enjoy the respite from the back and forth trips. Hope work around new house going well.
Scott(vt) hope clean up, pack up and trip back all went smoothly.
Paul glad you beat the heat moving hay. Hope the old folks home work went well.
Ken glad the small batch resin pours went well. Great pics.
Dennis sorry you missed cool of the day.
Kyle thanks for update.
Drew hope watering successful. No idea of Houston traffic.
Scott(vt) nice thermometer.
Drew wind was not bad but on/off rain and heavier rain in afternoon was a big discouragement.
Ted glad you got a cool off. Hope some rain came with it. Hope outside work was nicer to do.
Drew glad shrubs trimmed, sorry you overheated again. Good to hear have fun with flowers.
RS when are you not busy? Glad 'coon and groundhogs feeding buzzards. Glad diverter valve mount fits, hope weld up wen ok. Sorry about beans not sprouting yet.
Drew if you find some Texas cuties, let me know Don't spend much time in Dallas, but have been to State Fair and grassy knoll.
More ketchup tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

I asked a young tech savvy friend what to get
for an outdoor camera, solar powered, no monthly fee and TPZ
he suggested this:

Amazon.com

any thoughts?

If my older Eufy’s any indicator I’d say great option. Expandable both interior and exterior.

 

[sodamo]

Great looking garden, RS

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 62° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 81° with a few clouds. Got a total of 2.9" rain from Beryl. Lots of wind and power outages. Internet was out most of the day. It is back on today. Homes East of me on same power lines have no power. Apparently crews need a lift truck to get at fuses on a pole in woods next to my place. Dr. appointment was good. Will start PT next week. Grocery shopping this morning Then picking up tree branches and moving them to chipper pile.
Growth on rotting tree stump.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning all,
76° now with highs in the low 90’s, cloudy this morning, winds SSW 10-20 mph, dew point already at 70° and rising.

Western and northern parts of the state took a pretty good beating yesterday and overnight, hope all are ok.

Only definite plan for today is take truck in this morning for an oil change and inspection sticker after 15 yrs of New England salty roads it’s getting pretty rusty underneath lol.
The usual water the garden and try to keep cool.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[wngsprd]

72 going to 91...had a "soft" thunderstorm last night...meaning we didn't get the best part with all the rain, but got enough for me to mow today,

Don, I sorta dropped out of French class (Duolingo) when we got Della. Still plan to re-engage...really enjoy it. That photo with Hospice looks like a 5 star hotel.