Spent a couple of hours yesterday at the Pueblo Cultural Center Museum. Had eaten at the restaurant a few times and visited the gift shop, this was the first visit to the museum. Very impressive. Lots of art and artifacts, plus displays. Could easily spend a week there reading all the info and history.
Governor announced yesterday that there was a shortage of natural gas and some 30k homes had no heat. She closed the government offices and schools to conserve nat gas for residential users, asking everyone to turn down the thermostat by 10 degrees. Most of the schools were going to be closed anyway, due to frozen (broken) water pipes and disabled buses.
Today the temp rose to the mid-30s, and the winds died down. Break out the Bermuda shorts! We took the tram up to Sandia Peak - 2 miles high. Magnificent views, and a beautiful day. One of the workers said that the other day the wind chill at the peak was negative 40. It took a while to get to the tram, because I entered an address in the gps, which turned out to the corporate headquarters, which was on the other side of the mountain. Oh, well. Back to the Cultural Center for dinner and had a bowl of mutton stew. Have never before seen it on a menu, and I loved it. We head east tomorrow.
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