FUN IN MY NATIVE LAND, ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO By Ethan Van

MARKETS AND STREETS Costco is one of the main markets my family and I go to. We get things like Electronics, clothing, mainly food, books, movies and gas for our car. They also have a little food area that I like to go to sometimes. My family and I also go there to pay for vacations and get hotels and flights booked. Costco is also in so many other parts of the world. The Costco that my family and I go to is on the street called, Eubank, Albuquerque New Mexico (NM). My family and I go to Costco at least three to two times a month.

THE IMPORTANCE OF MY CITY, PRODUCTS IN MY CITY. One of the famous and important part of my city is the year round Balloon Fiesta. Every year In October the town and people from all over the world go to see the beautiful balloons rise up into the sky, a lot of people are even lucky enough to ride them. October is a good time of year for them because the air is nice and cool. At the balloon fiesta they have food, shops, and fun activities. One of the products that New Mexico is most famous for is the Green Chile. You could find Green Chile anywhere else but New Mexico green Chile is the best in the united states. In new Mexico you can find green Chile everywhere. Stores, restaurants, farms, people even like to grow there own green Chile. I love green Chile, almost everyone in new Mexico does. In pretty much every restaurant they have green Chile on the menu. Green Chile is very important in new Mexico. the native Americans that lived here long before us used it. So did the Spanish settlers. Green Chile is also used for decoration, people will tie the peppers together and make big bunches out of them but that’s more commonly used for red Chile.

ANCIENT PLACES IN MY CITY, ACOMA PUEBLO, CARLSBAD CAVERNS The Acoma pueblo was built on top of a mesa (which means table in Spanish) hill. The Acoma pueblo was built over 800 years ago and most of the people still live there today.it is one of the oldest places in the united states. Carlsbad caverns is located in Carlsbad new Mexico. Jim white was the discoverer Carlsbad caverns. People started visiting the caverns in 1932 going down a 750 feet ramp. Today Carlsbad caverns is widely known across the united states and people from all over come to see its fascinating formations. I myself have been there once, it is amazing.