Railyards – OsteoPraxis on the road

On a mission to collect a few more ticks on the Route 66 dance card we headed off to try to find the Railyards. Google was not particularly helpful on this quest……but what she did find was one of Albuquerques’ real gems……Wheels Museum.

This is a small but magnificent little museum dedicated to the history of transportation in Albuquerque. It’s run entirely by a wonderful group of volunteers and funded solely by donations.

Lots of Route 66 stuff…..A very real and tangible reminder of just how difficult and risky it was for those escaping the dust bowl, searching for that new life out west.

….and just plain cool old car stuff……

….and some ironically relevant connections for us…..!!!

I almost tripped across this old thing propped against the wall…….it’s a motorcycle….!!!

We met and chatted with Ron Perea historian and author, generous, engaging and informative volunteer at the museum. The museum version of Mariachi Elvis, but this time a stand-up comedian, with an equal enthusiasm and an incredible in-depth historical knowledge.

His area of interest was the Alvarado Hotel. There is a scale model of this historic building in the museum…..it was host to many celebrity guests in its day…..

He also gave us a bit of the history of the Harvey girls, which we also found hugely ironic as you might imagine…… here’s the Harvey girl…with the Harvey girl….LOL

The staff in the museum were also very helpful directing us to the Railyards market…. a huge indoor/outdoor vendors market/farmers market in the old railyards in Albuquerque…right behind the museum….LOL….

You may recognise some of the shots if you were a fan of the Breaking Bad series.

The Wheels people were there too….. 😁

……..and then of course….we have to do the evening run through the city to secure the pictures of their Route 66 neon.

Yes…shades of Tulsa…this is me creeping along at walking pace along the main route through the city, keeping pace with the blogtographer…not crashing, finding parking spots to pick him up again……not stressful at all…!!!