I’m sorry but I’m in Phoenix, where the temperature is 107. The Albuquerque flight leaves at 4:50 pm, arrives an hour later. Dollar rent-a-car, three-hour drive to Aztec, flop at local dive. Aztec to Telluride will eat about three and 1/2 hours, give or take.
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Houston sea, complete with waves and whitecaps.
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Snapped in Venice.
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Gate C7, Phoenix airport, 4:15 pm.
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