In no particular order:
- It was the subject of a song my dad used to sing to me as a joke when I was little. I have never been able to identify the actual song. I imagine it was from a TV show sketch or something.
- It’s the place where Bugs Bunny should’ve made that left turn.
- It is the home town of Ethel Mertz (a/k/a “Ethel Mae Potter. We never forgot her.”)
- It’s the only place I’ve ever been pulled over by a police officer who subsequently apologized to me for doing so.
- I have to go there the first week in April for a conference. For the record, I will not be taking the itinerary below.
As you probably know, Betty Ramsey also grew up there and was a childhood friend of Ethel Mae’s. They later became neighbors in Westport, Conn. Small world.
Ethel always was a climber.
“Albuquerque Turkey”?
It was in fact a song about a turkey from Albuquerque. But it’s not the one that’s everywhere online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOospgwP3r8
I hope this on is it. I can actually hear your dad singing it in my head.
Sadly, that is not the one, though it is not without charms of its own.