Pop's Pizza - They are only doing take out. You park and order around back. Open for two years. No Monday. After 4pm. I had a regular pie at $10. It was 11" or 14". It was ok. Thin. Typical pizza cheese. Needed more sauce. It had a garlic taste. Crust had a sweet undertone. I also tried the Caprese salad at $7. Fair amount for the price. Mozz was ok. Tomatoes were a little refrigerated. Tasteless and spongy. I actually expected worse. Covered in olive oil and basil and salt and pepper. They sell other pies and a few other items. Limited menu. Seemed like one guy was doing everything. Said he can't get workers. Wonder what those 1.2 million "refugees' are up to?
Conrad's Shanty - Just grabbed a beer. $2.50 for a PBR. Small bar. Some table top games. Dark. Seemed like a good joint. No hard stuff. Closed Monday (I believe).
Travel Notes - NM/TX/AZ: I flew into Denver on Frontier for $148. Car (SUV) for two weeks at Budget was $750. Drove to Albuquerque. Stayed at Comfort Inn for $100 (Rack). Down the street they had a food court called Tin Can Alley. I had a brisket slider with Hatch chile mac and cheese at S-A BBQ. At Pho Kup, I had a beef banh mi. Did you know pho is from the French "pot au feu"? It's a beef stew. Had beer at Santa Fe Brewing Co. Drove to El Paso the next day. Stopped at Petroglyph NM first. Stayed at America's Hotel for $92. Went to Chamizal NP. Ate a great brisket taco and chicharron burrito with beans.at at La Colonial Tortilla Factory. On 3D. Taco shell was semi-hard. Had a wave to it. White corn. So good. Chicharron was soft. No meat. I also ate at Chio'c Tacos. It was a little north of the city center. Bad beef taquitos and worse cb. They were on Best Thing I Ever Ate. Which once again leads me to wonder why the show isn't called Some Shit I Tried. I drove back north to three parks that make up the Salinas Pueblo Missions NP. Slept at Green Tree Inn in Albuquerque for $76. Ate Almond Chicken and Won Ton Soup at China Luck. Had breakfast at Rebel Donut (Cheap Eats). Had an Apple Pie donut and Croissant donut with cherry jelly and chocolate chips. Drove nw to Valles Caldera NP. Ate lunch near there in Jemez Springs at Highway 4 Cafe. Had a pretty decent turkey sandwich with fries. Drove west to Chaco Culture NP. Twenty miles of unpaved roads in. Thirty miles of worse leaving. Don't know how they allow this. A private facility would be shut down. Drove south to Gallup. Slept at Sleep Inn on Route 66 for $85. Drove nw to Hubell Trading Post NP in AZ. North thirty miles to Canyon de Chelly. That was better than I expected. Stayed in the park at Thunderbird Lodge for $123. Drove to Page. Made detour past Vermillion Cliffs and Navajo Bridge to North Rim of Grand Canyon NP. It was 9k in elevation. Snow. Stayed at Sleep Inn for three nights in Page for $250. Ate at Gone West (pot roast with mp and bp). Saw Antelope Canyon. Took boat tour ($135) to Rainbow Bridge. This is why I came back. Tours were closed last time because of Covid. Can't get there by car. On Lake Powell. Drove to Vegas. That and the rest will be in next post. This trip was about checking off all the parks, monuments, etc I haven't visited. Now all done.
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