July 7, 2007: Flights (Albuquerque-Atlanta-Buffalo) (17 FLIGHT PHOTOS)

Today we flew home, on Delta Airlines (Albuqerque to Atlanta, and Atlanta to Buffalo). Below are some flights:

A view of the Rio Grande Valley near Albuquerque
Sandia Mountains
Windfarm near Santa Rosa, NM
Hereford, Texas
Palo Duro Canyon in Texas Hobart, Oklahoma
Chickasha, Oklahoma
Purcell, Oklahoma McAlester, Oklahoma
Eufala Lake, Oklahoma
Huntington, West Virginia

Cambridge, Ohio

Boardman, Ohio

Youngstown, Ohio

Erie, Pennsylvania

Point Gratiot, Dunkirk

Clarence, NY Town Hall area

FLIGHT AWARE maps: ALBQUERQUE-ATLANTA, ATLANTA-BUFFALO:

June 28, 2007: Turquoise Trail and Santa Fe, New Mexico (15 PHOTOS, 2 BIRD, 1 ANIMAL)

On this first day of the trip, we spent time in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe Area. We drove the Turquoise Trail to Santa Fe, spent the day there, and then headed to Espanola for the evening...

We started out with a great meal at the Owl Cafe, near our hotel ....

Next, some nice shots from the Turquoise Trail Scenie Byway (Rte 14 from east of Abq. to Santa Fe)

cool upclose shot of a fly on cactus
Above and below: Cane Cholla

A typical view along the Turquoise Trail

Wild Flax

Indian Blanket

Scaled Quail

Now, we're in the Santa Fe area...

Santa Fe's Loretto Chapel

This House Finch is courting an uninterested female!

An interesting metal work along Canyon Road (lots of art galleries)

Interesting wind chimes (with an impending thunderstorm)

A deer near the top of the Santa Fe Ski Basin road

Nice view of Santa Fe and the valley from the ski road

June 27, 2007: Flights Buffalo-Detroit-Atlanta-Albuquerque (4 FLIGHT PHOTOS)

Today's flights were supposed to be Buffalo to Detroit to Cincinnati on Northwest, and then Cincinnati to Albuquerque on Delta. Upon arriving in Detroit though, there were many cancelled flights, due to weather, and pilot shortages. Later, we found that 6/27 was the worst day of 2007 to fly, because of these issues! So we ended up Buffalo to Detroit to Atlanta, several hours late, and then finally, after some haggling between Delta and Northwest, got to Albquerque on Delta around 10:30pm. Because of the lateness, and weather, I don't have many photos....

Downtown Buffalo
Peace Bridge between Buffalo, NY and Fort Erie, ON
The pilot flew right over Niagara Falls
Not a good sign when this is the view from your gate! (Detroit)

FLIGHT AWARE maps (Buffalo-Detroit, Detroit-Atlanta, Atlanta-Albuquerque)