We've been to three museums in the past two days. But unless you are actually visiting them, they aren't that interesting to hear about. So I'll just list them, and describe the main themes.
- The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. (Pretty straight forward...Art, History.)
- New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. (This is a really cool museum, because it takes you through every phase of Earth's existence as science sees it, with a special exhibit on computer technology.)
- We tried to go to a rattlesnake museum, but it was closed. (All live snakes.)
- The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. (The main emphasis here was, of course, World War II and the Cold War, but it was also interesting to see how nuclear technology has impacted medicine through the years.)
As you can see, there is a lot of science and technology to be had in Albuquerque. That's not the only thing though. Like I said in an earlier post, the people in Texas are really nice. So are the people in New Mexico! When we were riding down from our room, a Hispanic guy was rushing to catch the elevator and John held the door for him. The ride down wasn't that long, and we were about to get off when the nice guy handed John a scorpion he had made out of copper wire. I was sort of wondering if he had just finished making it, or if he just liked to carry it around in his pocket. Anyway, it was obvious the man didn't speak much English, so we thanked him as best we could. I thought it was really sweet of him to do that, because it had probably taken him at least fifteen minutes to make. But people are nice, even if you do not know them at all.
