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| Who? |
Got up and dilly dallied for a while and then went for coffee at my local coffee shop. Surprise!!! The retired engineers were back and wearing their uniforms...Hawaiian print shirts. They just checked in because they had to go do some "honey dos".
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| white rhinos |
I decided to spend part of the day at the zoo. Albuquerque has what they call the BioPark made up of an aquarium, botanical garden, river beach nature area and the zoo. I had never been to the zoo before so I went today. It is a pretty good zoo. They seem to focus on dry climate animals and have a bunch from Australia and Africa, They do have Polar Bears and some other usual animals and a few North American animals. They have a Koala and Tree Kangaroo and a Wombat. They have a baby Giraffe and a baby White Rhino. I'll post a few more pictures at the end of this blog entry.
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| bay giraffe...sleeping |
They have free parking but it costs to get in. They let you bring stuff in and have a picnic under the tall Cottonwood trees. Like every zoo I've been in there is part shut down for construction. Apparently there are days when volunteers take some of the animals out for a stroll.
I went and signed off on the final paperwork for the house. Everything had been agreed to informally but we had to do the final paperwork. It is still contingent on a couple inspections but I don't think there will be any hangups. Here are a few pictures...
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| Front |
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| Living room |
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| Rear and garage |
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| Front approach |
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| Kitchen |
I will be a fine house for me. It has a lot of new stuff I will need to learn how to use.
After I finished signing papers I realized I hadn't eaten lunch. Being hungry and thirsty I stopped off at the Il Vicino Cantina again. Il Vicino is a brewpub with multiple pubs....three in Albuquerque and some in Colorado and Kansas. The Cantina is the actual brewery for the New Mexico locations. The next few lines will be happy talk about Il Vicino...
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| fermentation |
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| cold room for lagers |
I stopped by yesterday and had an IPA, which was very good. Today I had the stout and the scotch ale and both were very good. The place is busy but not crowded. People were having a good time...some were playing dominoes. They have outdoor seating under cover (picnic tables) and plenty of indoor seating at tables and the bar. The staff are also happy people and it rubs off on the patrons...everyone is having a good time. Tyler, the manager gave me a quick tour of the brewing facility. He is a restaurant guy not a brewery guy, I think, but he has a good thing going. I had a pulled pork sandwich that was too big to pick up. The whole thing cost less than $15 minus tip.
Well, tomorrow I head home...catching the train around noon. I should be home Monday in the morning.
Some additional zoo pictures, just like I promised...
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| rude polar bear |
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| baby prairie dog |
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| koala |
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| flamingo |
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| Australian lorakeet |
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| baby giraffe awake |
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| kookaburra |
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| picnicers at the zoo |
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