Day 11 - $10 for mush! 


Not to much to report today. Sam and George slept in till about 10 so i watched yet more tripe about why we should repent and why we need Jesus in our lives on what seems like every channel over here! It cracks me up. You see so many signs everywhere warning non believers and what not. But enough of that jibberish.
We went down for breakfast which consisted of the worst watery scrambled egg and bacon, yogurts then about 4 cups of coffee, but at least its free. After that we went for a dip in the pool outside. The sun was beating down already.
After showers we set off heading for a place i had found on the internet called "Gecko's bar and grill" to watch England vs Sweden. 20 minutes later we made through the traffic of downtown Albuquerque and luckily found a single space to park up. We payed $2 dollars for 2 hours of parking and headed off round the corner. On the way round i was stopped by a guy who asked me " do you support gay rights?" which i answered "yes". He then went on to give me more and more info about what hes doing and why i should support the cause even though i said i had to get going, but as some people know i literally cannot just walk off, i feel to bad. So 10 minutes later he finally came to it. "So since you support gay rights will you sign up for a donation from your bank of $30 a month to help us get equal rights?" Once i told him 3 times that i would think about it but i had to get going he didn't seem quite the friendly chap that he once did when after my money.
We got round the corner to the bar and sat down where the end of the other match was on the tv. The woman behind the bar immediately asked for our ID's. I said i was having lemonade but that wasnt good enough so we had to leave. We tried next door which had a bigger screen and better seats and they sat us straight down so was for the best anyways.
The game kicked off and after 20 minutes we scored and ii managed to contain my scream. We had some food at half time and prepared for the second half. Just at the start they scored which wiped my smile away, and then again which made me actually want to cry. But with 20 minutes to go walcott scored a corker. I couldn't contain myself this time and jumped screaming by myself which echoed round the bar, met by shocked looks from the yanks in the bar. I apologized to everyone and sat back down, only to do the exact same thing 10 minutes later when Welbeck scored. It finished with an England win which made me very very happy.
We were 20 minutes over our parking meter so payed our bill and ran to the car. On the move again we were heading to Gallup. Once there we were going to heading directly north to the top left corner of New Mexico where we would enter Arizona and visit monument valley. However once we arrived at Gallup it was half past 5, thunder storm over head and big towns north for a good 100 miles so we decided to call it a day. It wasnt really a town but more of a strip of commercial fast food restaurants and big hotels. We checked a few hotels which were really pricey until we found the cheapest one "The sleep inn". I went in to check and think we just ended up here because i instantly turned into a little school boy when the amazing receptionist tried to sell the place to me. She was amazing. We settled a price and took our bags upstairs to our huge big room. From that point until we went out for food at about 8pm i sat there thinking of things to go ask her or things i needed downstairs to just walk past her. It was pathetic! But i couldn't help myself!
Driving down the road looking for food we found one place that was a restaurant and not a fast food place in about 2 miles so decided to give it a try. It looked really grubby from the start when we entered. The lady sat us down. 2 minutes later there we native american people coming past every 2 seconds trying to sell bracelets and earrings which i thought was weird. Never seen that over here before.
I argued with myself over chicken enchiladas or fish and chips, going for the first one in the end. Worst decision of the trip so far. When she put it down it looked absolutely awful. Im not a picky eater at all but wow. You could tell it had just been bunged in the microwave for 2 minutes. Half the plate was filled with some sort of brown sauce, still with skin on the top. And the wraps were soggy. God it made my stomach turn eating it but i ate most of it just not to be rude. George and Sam were loving the fish and chips which they offered me which was nice of them.
We made a quick escape and headed back to the hotel. The pool and Jacuzzi was open till 11 so we sat in there for an hour which was good as i nailed my back at the lake the other day so it felt good. We took one last look at the receptionist and headed off to bed.
P.S, sorry for no pictures. None taken!