Thanks for confirming that it wasn’t some sort of weird desert mirage! LOL Next time I come through, I’ll be sure to have my camera handy!
It’s funny but I never got off the interstate as I drove through the area but from that limited point of view Albuquerque looked very nice to me.
Albuquerque is paradise compared to El Paso!!! Drive in from Carlsbad on US 62/180 sometime. Of course, leaving is fun too with the ICE checkpoints: “Where were you born, Senor.”