New Mexico A-Z

A- Airplane. My name is Kara, and I was an airplane virgin. You got it, I flew for the first time in my life last week. I even comforted Suzanne when she got air sick on our first flight (well I did my best). Minus the lap dance and concussion, I think I flew like a pro!

B- Bravo. Best Italian Restaurant ever! Like, really! We went to it three days in a row, and trying to be gutsy, I decided to try three different meals. Bad idea, should have stuck with day one choice of pesto tortellini... now I want it like something FIERCE! Ugh!

C- Cowboys. Okay really only one cowboy. Like Suz said, I'm a hussy.

D- Dunkin' Donuts. Mmm.. I'm pretty sure that I ate a dozen of these all by myself. I'm also pretty sure I came back looking like a doughnut too, but no biggie! Did you know that you may start in New Mexico, but have to travel through Louisiana and Pennsylvania and finally end up in Wyoming to get to one of these babies? Good thing they are worth it!

E- Erika. I would hope that she would make it on my list, she was the main reason that we went to New Mexico after all. Minus her lack of direction she was a BLAST! And her family was pretty cool too!

F- Friends. Food. Fun. That's what a vacation needs!

G- Gorgeous temple. We only got there at night... but look how pretty!

H- Hot Air Balloons. Those New Mexicans REALLY like them. We however didn't take one for a whirl.

I- Ice cream. Apparently New Mexico has fake ice cream. If you get Spumoni and it has pistachio pieces and cherry bits in it, it's not real. We didn't try the chocolate, but Suzanne was sure that it would have had "chocolate beans" in it. Who knew?

J- Jana. Good ol' go with the flow Jana. She's like the energizer bunny, she keeps going and keeping the mood light all day long. Without her we wouldn't have any of the scenery pictures. Oh! And she was our mini van interior decorator!

K- Kara. What kind of a vacation would it have been if I didn't bring myself along?

L- Laughing. I haven't laughed so hard and so much in a very long time. You have no idea how funny we all are! I'm serious.

M- Malls. Aww... our mother ships. In total we went to 3 malls, 1 outlet, and 2 historic shopping districts. Obsessive? I think not.

N- Nativo Lodge. This was our lovely living quarters for our trip. Very authentic. And they didn't mind when we took "sexy" pictures in the lobby. Maid service left a bit to be desired, but that's okay!

O- Out of the way. We sure went out of our way everywhere we were going. Whether this was due to Map Quest directions, our tour guides theory to go right, right, and then one more right (which I only have myself to blame), or just because we were loose to follow our own instincts, it took us forever to get anywhere!

P- People. They sure are classy down there (no offense)!

Q- Quick wit. Apparently I have great one-liners and I'm not funny the rest of the time. That's what they all claim anyway.

R- Ravioli. It's bilingual there. Well...maybe only one-lingual (I know, not a word), it never clarified if it could speak English.

S- Suzanne. This woman can plan things, New Mexico happened because of all her preparation. She is a mini van driver extraordinaire. She tends to get testy if her ice cream is fake. Oh and apparently she has a hairy David... just act normal if it ever comes up, she doesn't like you to make a big fuss about it.

T- Tram. We went on the longest Tram in the world (that's what they claim... I'm taking their word for it). It's 2.7 miles up a 10,000+ ft peak. And when you get to the top you can go to the "High Finance Restaurant" (who do you think we talk to about the tacky name?). And, well...that's about it. Our tram guide Kelly was the bomb though!

U- Umbrella. Apparently even a few drops of rain can warrant busting this baby out.

V- Van. Our rental was a mini van. Random? Yes. Awesome? Totally! We had the choice of any car between parking spots 71-92. When we got out to the parking lot every spot was empty except for our gold sparkling mini van. So we were soccer moms for a week. Jana's husband has a drinking problem by the way.

W- Wake up. We all had ROUGH nights trying to sleep. Luckily for us we could always wake up to Jana's wide-eyed "I see you do, you see me?" face. If you ever get a chance to witness this, pass... its scary as!

X- Xanax. What Suzanne needed to survive the wind.

Y- Yodeling. Okay so we didn't really yodel. But there are not very many words that start with a Y. Jana did break out in song quite a bit though.

Z- Zamboni. If you mix a Zamboni with a calzone what do you get? It's a calzoni! Ask Mario's Pizza, they'll tell you!