Did a little road trip yesterday. Went to Alamo, New Mexico. Where in da blazes is Alamo, NM you ask?
Get your NM map out boys & girls for a geography lesson. The easiest way to find Alamo, NM on the map is to find Albuquerque which is in the middle towards the left of the map, right? Go south aka down I-25 till you reach Soccorro, NM. At Soccorro go west. West is left, right? Anyway find Magdalena, NM. Alamo is located 30 miles north (aka up).
If we go that route it would take 3.5 hrs maybe. We went home that way. But we went there via a back road it cuts an hour off. From I-40 you can turn sought and there’s a road that goes into the mountains. Its used only by people who live in the area. There’s no traffic. Probably cause its not paved. Well actually its a 60 mile road of which maybe 10 is paved. It gravel & clay and way out there. If you wanna tear up your car, use that road. A cell phone is of no use out there because you have no signal for a 60 mile radius. It its literally out in no where. I felt like I was going hunting or something.
We went to the Alamo Navajo Reservation. The commuity is remote in the sense that it mainly has a school and clinic. Husband went to hand in an application for HS Principal.
You would think out in da boonies la dat no moe locals. Ada den me. Wrong! My girlfriend works there. She is the Director of Early Childhood Learning Center. Funny yeah. She first started there in the 80’s as a 1st grade teacher. Her grad, Moanaloa. Anyway I met her back in day when we both lived in Soccorro, NM.
She is Pakay/Visayan. Looks Pakay but she starts talking and its PortageeVisayan. I’ve always told her she should teach at home cause she is really good. And she says she no moe slant eye. I’m like hello try go look in da mirror, you no see Pakay. She goes, oh I mean I get da wrong last name. She get one Filipino last name. So. Anyway she’s so good, Hawaii couldn’t pay her what she makes in da mainland now.
It was a nice day for a roadtrip and visit with old friends.
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June 22nd, 2005 at 8:36 am
Tita Lika, It is so unfortunate for many of our islanders to be working somewhere else than Hawai’i. Yes, the State wouldn’t pay your friend her worth…that’s a shame. Good luck to your husband in his bid for the job. You are in my prayers, as always. I have a brother who lives in Alburqurque (spl?).
Lynn
June 22nd, 2005 at 11:02 am
Oh really. Wots his name? My girlfriend in Albs has a halau and she knows all da locals in da area. If he dance or play music or go to their annual luau, she would know him.
June 25th, 2006 at 7:51 am
o’siyo, no one knows its there unless you are looking for it. distance is nothing anymore, I drive 85 miles one way three time a week for dialysis, and gas ain’t cheap anymore. You do not want to be where people wander past your house for something to do. C-ya