The motorhome is still parked at the VFW Post #401 here in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Since it was a weekend, we decided to explore downtown Albuquerque. We took the Bronco and parked it on Central Avenue which is also the famous Route 66…
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First off, Mary wanted to see the Kimo Theater which opened in 1927…
The name Kimo is actually a combination of two Tewa Indian words literally translated as “mountain lion”, but more liberally as”King of its Kind“. A recent beautiful restoration was completed in 2000 and it is now on the National Register of Historical Places. You can read all about the Kimo Theater by clicking this link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiMo_Theater
The theater didn’t open until 11:00 AM, so we explored the outside…
Mary wanted to buy some Indian jewelery, so we went one-half block to Skip Maisel’s store….
This place has quite the collection of Native American items. You can read all about this place by clicking this link…
http://skip-maisels.com/
Then back to the Kimo to see the interior…
Then back outside to see some of the murals on the sides of buildings…
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Then, because it was Cinco de Mayo, in the evening we went to the Spanish Heritage Center to see a performance of Nocho de Oro…Night of Gold. In brief, it was a 2.5 hour presentation of the Native American, Spanish and Mexican history of New Mexico in song, music and dance.
To read about the superb performance that we saw, click this link…
http://www.itsatrip.org/events/details/cinco-de-mayo-celebration-noche-de-oro-19309/
With lots of moving by the performers and dim lighting…I decided to take the night off from doing photography and enjoy the performance…which was great!
I did however take a photo of the lobby during intermission…
and a photo of the performers taking their final bows…
and a photo of the cover of the program…
All in all, a full day…and here we go once again…today.
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