Can you spell it?

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico.

Have you ever seen so many "qu" in one word? I don't think I could live in this city just for the fact that I would have to spell it every time I fill out my address. They really should think about an abbreviation of the word. Here is a little trivia that I found about this word.

1)"Albuquerque" is the last song (track 12) of "Weird Al" Yankovic's Running With Scissors album. It is not only the longest song in the album, clocking in at 11 minutes and 25 seconds, but also the longest song Yankovic has ever released on any of his official studio albums.

2) If you were to translate the word to Korean it would look like this:

알부쾌크, 미국 뉴멕시코에 있는 도시

Not any better in Korean either, huh?

3) Albuquerque was named for Spain's 10th Duke of Alburquerque. (The first "r" was dropped, by one account, because a station master had trouble with the spelling.) HELLO, is anyone listening?

4) It was the city from which the "runaway bride," Jennifer Wilbanks, called police and ended a search that titillated the nation in 2005. She couldn't spell the city she was in so the search ended.

As many people rushed off to start their new work week, Monday morning, we packed up Road Hazard and headed south for an hour. Our next destination took us to the city that I can't spell.

The views were very similar to Santa Fe only we are 2,000' lower. The city of Albuquerque is surrounded by huge mountains. The homes don't have that "pueblo" look to them, with the red walls and flat roofs, but the more conventional style. Pitched roofs and regular siding. Still, the good homes are perched on the cliffs.

We will be here for the next few days and will take some time to chill out. Believe it or not it takes a toll on you when you are always on the go and consistently moving around. We decided to take a day off to do nothing. Please, keep your sympathy emails to yourself.

The campground we are staying serves breakfast every morning so we will check it out and sit down afterwards to figure out everything we want to see and do while in Albuquerque. I have already scheduled a balloon ride for Thursday morning and am really excited about the thought of soaring 2,000' above the ground, floating with the wind currents. Enjoy your day!