The photo and card were created by the sender. What a beautiful photo of a storm moving in.  Albuquerque is the largest city in New Mexico. It was founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Santa de Nuevo México  governor  Francisco Cuervo y Valdés  and was named in honour of  Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque  and  Viceroy of New Spain . It was an outpost on the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (The Royal Road of the Interior Land), also known in English as the Silver Route, linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. The El Camino was almost 2600 km long and was used from 1598 to 1882.  In 2010, 55 sites and five existing UNESCO World Heritage Sites along the Mexican section of the route were collectively added to the World Heritage List. In 2000, the 650 km section of the route within the United States was proclaimed El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail, a part of the N...