Saturday - Started out with a nice breakfast at The Range...we need to get used to New Mexico time -- everything seems to move in slow motion. We went to the Aquarium and Botanical Garden. The aquarium 
is small but interesting and has a focus on protecting the oceans. It is always fun watching the human visitors watching and reacting to the fish. 
The botanical garden is nice and shows the desert and dry mountain plants. We found a roadrunner living in the glassed-in desert house...must have come in by a window or the door. He tried to follow me out the door. There are a lot of plants I 
recognize from home that can grow in a dry climate. We didn't stay long -- the sun gets very hot even though the temperature isn't so bad or the humidity and it is fairly pleasant in the shade.
Our next stop was the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center where we toured the museum and watched some Navajo dancers. The museum is well done and provides a good overview of the various pueblos. The dancers were very good but they looked hot
in the intense sun. We had lunch in the restaurant. The food was good - I had mutton stew and a slab of peach pie - both were prepared as pueblo cooking and were little different -- especially the pie.
Finished the day watching flat-track roller derby -- very interesting and a rough sport. Every time we thought we had it figured out they seemed to change the rules. The team we were pulling for won. After the game we had a late supper at O'Neill's on Central.
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