DrewSarasota101

Their food is always good. Lamb Gyros rule.

I love the desert and the stones in this area. I love the jewelry, I love the Indian artifacts, and I would love to go back and visit more Adobe houses. Taking your time and driving through this geographic region is the best way to experience the area. Stopping along the roadside and going out in the desert is the best, but you have to be patient and willing to take your time. Hunting for rocks takes up most of my time here and it is so fun to see the different types of stone. You can’t go too many places in a city and pick up an arrowhead or a spear head or some other ancient artifact of human history, whereas in the desert you are more likely to find that “hidden something”: a fossil, a special gem, or some new species of animal or insect you never knew about. If you walked out of your house there every day and picked up one new thing, you would never run out of new things to look at, or something that may be a new discovery. The colors are mostly an orangey-yellow-reddish, and when the sun hits the top of the mountains it is beautiful because the whole place illuminates like God is shining down. It is a perfect place for those people who like to explore but still have an extreme respect for nature and tribal heritages. It certainly beats any man-made entertainment park for a vacation. There is always something new to find, even if it is old. Besides, if you get lost while visiting in the New Mexico desert, if you don’t freeze to death at night you will always be able to get a good tan during the afternoon.

The Dallas Airport is one of my favorite transfer spots when you are flying across country because you cannot get bored there while waiting for that next flight. There is almost every type of shop or fast food restaurant you could think of and the crowds are not bad. Making your stay a pleasant one while you are there, you get to go from terminal to terminal on the most rickety tram I have ever been on; it is going fast parallel to the highway, yes—the HIGHWAY—then compleley slows down to almost a crawl without a stop warning. So you have to think it is a pit stop for the wild ride, but the train jerks forward again and then throws you around the corners. The heat is almost unbearable during the days so you have to fan yourself in order to stay alive. The people watching is marvelous, if you think you could stand watching obese tourists and child burdened parents with screaming kids for a few hours and still retain your sense of humor. You get to have a nice meal and a comedy show in real life Texas time, and it certainly beats a transfer through Atlanta. It is a big place, but definately easy for travel.