Albuquerque October 3, 2013

Joyce got George and me to the MAX in the morning in plenty of time to catch our 10am flight to Albuquerque.  The flight was uneventful.  Rebecca met us at the airport to give us a ride to the car rental place.  Now that was an exercise in futility.  It was great to see Rebecca while she drove us around in a big circle.  She finally let us off back where we started so we could get the shuttle to the car rental place.  Apparently the only way to get into the car rental place is through the car return and we did not want to do that.  Oh well.  She went back to work while we got the car and met up with Nathan, Jim and Pam and Steve.  They watched us eat lunch (it was 2pm so they had already eaten).  Then we all went for ice cream.  After that, Nathan joined us as we went to Menaul School to meet up with Rebecca.

Rebecca's office

Rebecca's room.  Her little suite is 2 rooms and bathroom in a huge house.

Teacher's Hall where Rebecca's suite is.

We went to check in at the Embassy Suites.  Got there just in time for their afternoon free wine and snacks.  I had a nice Pinot Gris.  We sat in the lobby and visited with Jim and Pam.

Jim and Pam. After a relaxing glass of wine we went to Trombino's Italian restaurant for dinner.  It was celebrating Jim's birthday.  

Debbie and Joe, just got in from the airport in time to join us at dinner.

Steve and Jennifer

Nathan and Rebecca

George and me.  We had a nice bottle of Sangeovese (sp?)

Jim's free ice cream - he shared.

Very nice meal.  

My chicken marsala was superb. Everyone seemed to enjoy their meals.

After dinner we dropped Nathan and Rebecca off at Rebecca's place and we went back to the hotel.  Visited a little longer with Debbie, Jim and Pam.  I hope Jim had a nice birthday.  It was fun to be all together for it.  11:30pm time for ZZZZZs.