Day 2: Cheyenne to Albuquerque

Spent the night at the Plains Hotel and woke up to put in a solid hour of roadwork on the streets of downtown Cheyenne. Things are so dead around this city, I could have run in the middle of the street. I felt great exercising at 6,000 feet, which is always reassuring. Too bad I won't be up here for more than a couple days, I love the benefits of legal blood doping.



There's an awesome Union Pacific train depot right across the street that I love to check out.



It's fun to wonder where the tracks and trains are headed:



After that, I hit I-25 and headed on down to Albuquerque. I didn't stop in Denver, Colorado Springs (although I did sneak a peak at USAFA from the road), or Pueblo, which are all great towns. If I had a little more time, I would have stopped in Las Vegas, NM, but really wanted to make it to the Duke City before sundown.

After rolling into ABQ, I dropped by my old crib and took a picture of the view from our apartment:


Sandia means watermelon

Back in town, I made a few phone calls to some of my old colleagues and made dinner plans (Red Lobster, duh). But before meeting up with my old First Sergeant, I ran around Albuquerque Academy, my favorite old trail. Again, I kicked the trail's butt, at 5,500 feet nonetheless. Yeah, that's two workouts in one day. Nice.

After Red Lobster, I turned in for the evening...La Quinta style.

Miles Traveled: 549 miles

Daily wrapup

States visited: 3

Total Miles Traveled: 1300