June 23rd of 2024 and I'm heading out to another VROC rally. The plan was to meet Sherm in Flagstaff and continue on to Albuquerque for our first day. A good friend joined me at 6:00 this morning and gave me an escort for the first 250 miles before taking another route back home. Around 11:30 Sherm and I pulled into the El Rancho Hotel and Restaurant for lunch. It is a very interesting place with a cool history.

You can read about it here in detail!

Very ornate Mexican Decor

Sherm getting his own pictures to post on FB

We were getting hungry but we ordered too much.

A nice lady offered to take our picture, helmet hair and all.

In Albuquerque, my daughter gave us a complimentary room at the Hotel Andaluz Built in 1939

She couldn't make it in person but she is here in my heart!

Everything in the building is very ornate.

Sherm travels a little lighter than I do. 

I ordered the Scallops Ricotta

Sherm had the Spanish Paella 

I couldn't finish my lunch, Sherm couldn't finish his dinner.

There are many sitting rooms designed for people of different cultures throughout the lower floor. Tomorrow we're off to Denver and hopefully another little adventure.

 

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