{"id":114,"date":"2006-09-05T10:41:33","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/new-mexico\/tuesday-952006-petroglyph-national-monument-atomic-museum-albuquerque\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T14:02:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:02:12","slug":"tuesday-952006-petroglyph-national-monument-atomic-museum-albuquerque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/new-mexico\/tuesday-952006-petroglyph-national-monument-atomic-museum-albuquerque\/","title":{"rendered":"Petroglyph National Monument and the Atomic Museum in Albuquerque"},"content":{"rendered":"

I checked out of my hotel in Santa Fe and headed back toward Albuquerque. On the way to Petroglyph National Monument, I saw many, many hot air balloons taking to the skies.<\/p>\n

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I was the first person to reach the park, and the gates to the trails was still closed. I swung by the visitor center and talked to the very friendly park ranger for a while before heading back to see petroglyphs.<\/p>\n


\ncracker, alone in the parking lot. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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\ngiant creepy millipede!<\/em>
\nNote to self: hiking in flipflops is dumb. Why do you do it when you have good hiking shoes?<\/p>\n

I headed towards Albuquerque’s Old Town, to the National Atomic Museum<\/a>, because I have a huge fascination with everything atomic-age and cold-war related. I was greeted and checked-in by the cutest old man ever, who stopped just short of giving me a personal tour.<\/p>\n


\nthe flag that flew at the trinity site<\/em><\/p>\n


\nformed by the first atomic blast, it’s caused by the sand melting and fusing.<\/em><\/p>\n


\nfat man<\/em><\/p>\n


\nbrick from ground zero at hiroshima<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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I left the museum and went to wander around Old Town until my flight. I picked up a bunch of tacky joke-souvenirs for the folks back home, and then found the greatest store on earth; it was full of Dia de los Muertos decor. Upon leaving, I had to completely repack my bag to fit it all in there.<\/p>\n

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I hopped on my plane at 2:30 that afternoon, and was happy to say goodbye to Cracker and join my homies for happy hour back home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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I swung by the visitor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[18],"tags":[69,70,106,87,56,508,72],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"geo":{"latitude":35.08449170000000094660208560526371002197265625,"longitude":-106.6511382999999995035977917723357677459716796875,"description":"Albuquerque, NM, USA"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/storage\/2006\/09\/238225078_bf91e9f3aa_o.jpg?fit=3072%2C2304","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Z5R-1Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113,"url":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/new-mexico\/monday-942006-bandelier-kasha-katuwe-santa-fe-the-turquoise-trail\/","url_meta":{"origin":114,"position":0},"title":"Bandelier, Kasha-Katuwe, Santa Fe, and the Turquoise Trail","author":"Jenni","date":"09.5.2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I got up very early again, in order to get to Bandelier National Monument right as it opened. 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