Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Trip start
September 28, 2019
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Virgina
September 28, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Cassie was all ready to go. When we crossed the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg it was beautiful. The old aquaduct arches were reflected in the water. I was not quick enough to get the photo. I also missed getting the water tower that was painted like a basket of apples. We had mountains on both sides of us all through Virgina. We drove into a thunderstorm. Had a little wind, some heavy rain and then some showers. We stopped 24 miles short of TN. It was a good day!Read more
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Across Tennessee
September 29, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
We met up with John and Denise yesterday and traveled together. Denise made dinner for us last night at the Pilot truck stop where we stayed overnight. Today I learned the meaning of " them thar hills of Tennessee". Mountains from the Eastern part of the state to Nashville and hills all the way across 40 to Memphis. Skyline photo is Nashville. As we got closer I could see 8-10 construction cranes. Lots of building going on. The pyramid is in Memphis. Glass top has a restaurant. We may check that out later in the trip. Next the Mighty Mississippi and into Arkansas. Stopping at a Flying J for the night.Read more
TravelerWe need to stop here too.
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Arkansas to Oklahoma
September 30, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
From TN to Little Rock Arkansas was pretty flat. We saw a lot of irrigated fields of cotton, corn, and soy beans. From Little Rock to OK more hills. Oklahoma was rolling hills with lots of cattle and casinos. We also saw 3 extra long flatbed trucks each with a single blade for a wind turbine. Last photo is the Oklahoma City skyline. We stopped here for the night in a campground. We hit a tree when parking and knocked off part of our long slide cover cover. We are figuring that out now. John and Denise had to get a battery charger to charge the battery on their jeep. Such is life!Read more
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Oklahoma to Texas
October 1, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Buffalo being raised at last night's RV park. Slide cover cover issue temporarily taken care of by Tom with John's help, a utility knife and 28 zip ties. So Western Oklahoma was very windy. We saw one gas facility, one oil derick and hundreds of wind turbines. Oklahoma soil was terra cotta colored. The landscape was beautiful. It started to rain as we entered Texas. We saw hundreds more wind turbines but too much rain to get photos. We are in Amarillo, Texas for the night. After 3 days of 80/90 degree weather, it is in the 60's here.Read more
TravelerTeri, this trip looks awesome! I am thoroughly enjoying your pics and comments. Keep them coming. Glad you got your issue fixed - love the twisty ties! Have fun and stay safe.
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TravelerWe have stayed a couple times at this csmpground. Hope you're out of the rain. Not fun for Tom to drive in.
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Amarillo, TX to Albuquerque, NM
October 2, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Rainbow this morning as we left Amarillo in the rain. Going west through Texas we saw fields of sorghum and thousands of wind turbines. We entered New Mexico and the landscape changed and we were seeing desert scrub and mesas. The last photo was taken from our campground and is the Sandia Mountains. We are here for a week. The weather is warm again.Read more
TravelerGlad you've arrived in Albuquerque. I alway am amazed at how the landscapes can change from state to state. Hope you can get some touring done before you go into balloon park.
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Scouting the area
October 3, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today we drove around scouting the area and talking to people to get suggestions of where to go and what to see. We drove the musical highway and made a video that I will try to text to you. As you drive along a rumble strip your tires sing America the Beautiful! We also went to Wild Life West zoo. All the animals are native rescues. The park was built by local youth. It was really nice. The animals in the sign were stained glass. There were several of these throughout the park. Tom took animal photos with his good camera and I did plants, juniper, cholla, prickly pear, sage, and mallow.Read more
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Santa Fe
October 4, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
It was cloudy and rainy today. We couldn't even see the mountains. So we decided to go to the Georgia O'Keefe museum in Santa Fe. We ducked into a Mexican restaurant for lunch just before a thunderstorm hit. We went to the visitor center and walked around town a bit. Headed back to our campground via the Turquoise Trail. That will be an adventure for another day.Read more
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The Turquoise Trail
October 5, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Tom, Denise and I ventured north on the Turquoise Trail toward Santa Fe. We passed many ranches and stopped at the Henderson Store in Golden, NM. We continued on to the town of Madrid, a very small town full of fun quirky shops. We had a delicious lunch of smoked pork BBQ sandwiches and sweet potato fries. Then back to the Henderson Store for a few purchases. There are yellow flowers blooming everywhere. They are chamisa. The big tree in front of the store is a cottonwood.Read more
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Sandia Crest
October 6, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Today we drove up through the Cibola National Forest to the top of the Sandia Crest. As we got higher up the mountain we saw pinon pine and aspen. We saw a chipmunk and 2 mule deer. Two spectacular views from the top. Both facing west, the first one shows Albuquerque. Altitude 10,678 feet
Heading back down we stopped at Tinkertown Museum. Ross Ward's life's work of hand carved animated miniature scenes. He had a circus, an entire wild west town and much, much more. One last stop at a flea market, craft shop type of place in Edgewood. We have had fabulous weather for two days. 50's at night and 70's during the day.Read more
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Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
October 7, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Today we visited the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. It displayed art and information about the 19 different pueblo's in New Mexico. The photos are of the Zia Pueblo demonstrating different dances and songs, describing their costumes and culture. Another beautiful day! As we were driving west Tom kept noticing trucks for Blake's Lotta Burger so we found one of those for lunch. This chain was established in 1952. We had Lotta Burgers with cheese and chilis. They were quite tasty!Read more
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Getting ready
October 8, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We spent the day getting ready to move to the Balloon Fiesta grounds tomorrow. We will be boondocking. So today we got groceries, did laundry, cleaned the coach, and took care of our tanks. Steve and his friend, Fran, arrived today. We will be having dinner together tonight and head out together tomorrow. Here are some pictures from the Wild Life West Park, Georgia O' Keeffe Musuem and Tinkertown that I did not previously post.Read more
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Into Balloon Fiesta Park
October 9, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Had rough start to our day. Had a major mishap getting out of RV park this morning. Some exterior damage to coach. However Tom pulled it together and he lead our caravan of 3 RVs to the park successfully. We had a catered BBQ dinner tonight and heard a talk by 2 balloon pilots. One had a square basket with 2 burners and the other a triangular basket with 1 burner. Took a picture of the mountain at sunset. Supposed to get cold tonight. Hope balloons will go off in the AM.Read more
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Amazing Day!
October 10, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Started at 6 AM on the balloon field. It was too windy today as the cold front is coming do the Dawn Patrol balloons did not even go up. The special shape balloons blew up but did not fly today. Turtle balloon on the ground, blowing up with the fan and then up with hot air burner. So by 8:40 balloons were down so we headed to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. We hiked up a slot canyon. It was about 4 miles round trip. The peaks were formed from lava. I have many more amazing photos from today!Read more
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Balloons, balloons, balloons!
October 11, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Up at 6AM for the Dawn Patrol. The first balloons to go up and test the wind. Then the mass ascension of hundreds of balloons. Then more balloons coming into the field and trying to drop beanbags on a target or throw a ring over a pole. All that was over by 9AM. It was in the 30's this morning. We bundled up. High 60's later in the day.
We had lunch at El Pinto with the whole rally group. Then we visited the Balloon Museum. There is still Balloon Glow and fireworks tonight!Read more
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Balloon Glow and Fireworks
October 12, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
The almost full moon rising over the Sandia Mountains. The balloon glow from the field. There must have been at least 100 tethered balloons with burners firing. When the balloons deflated there were 4 sky divers with pyrotechnics and a wonderful fireworks show! Beautiful evening!Read more
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Balloons and Petroglyphs
October 12, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Started the day early and watched the Dawn Patrol leave and then the winds brought them back and then they headedt. The mass ascension began and you could see hundreds of balloons in the sky at the same time. The rally provided breakfast burritos today. They were quite tasty with green chilies. Then Tom, Denise and I went to Petroglyph National Monument. We went to the visitor center first for a short movie and then you could drive to 3 different locations to see the petroglyphs. We went to Boca Negra Canyon. Native American ancestors scratched the petroglyphs into the volcanic rock.
Balloon Glow and fireworks yet to come this evening.Read more
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Last day of balloons
October 14, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The first photo is Dawn Patrol. The rest are of the mass ascension. I am just trying to give you some idea of how a sky full of balloons look. The pictures just don't do it justice. We got a late start leaving Balloon Fiesta Park. Our friends, John and Denise, could not get their levelers to retract. Problem solved and we are on our way to Amarillo, TX to spend the night. We should arrive around 9:30.Read more
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Texas to Arkansas
October 14, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Last night's sunset over Texas and then the hunter moon rising over the wind turbines in Texas. We stopped at The Cadillac Ranch soon after leaving our campground this morning. They are along old route 66 west of Amarillo, TX. Bring your own spray paint! We just admired. Next is the leaning water tower in Groom, TX. We drove across Oklahoma and stopped just inside Arkansas for the night. The campground is full of pecan trees. We were invited to pick up as many as we wanted. I got a bag full to take home and roast. Tomorrow Memphis!Read more
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Across Arkansas to Memphis
October 15, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
It was a rainy travel day. So I did not get any photos. So I decided to post a few I did not post previously. The first is a sunset from our first night in Edgewood, NM. The next 3 are views from the top of the cliff at Tent Rocks National Monument. Oklahoma had the absolute best visitors centers. Staffed by people and loads of free information. Made me want to go back to Oklahoma instead of just traveling through. In New Mexico they told us they were closing most of their visitor centers because with GPS and Google no one is stopping. The buffalo head was in the Rockwell Campground's office. It was just west of Oklahoma City.Read more
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Graceland
October 16, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Spent all day at Graceland. Walked there from our campground. They had a really nice audio/video tour. Photos of house, living room with stained glass peacocks, foyer with stained glass, the gravesites in the meditation garden, the pink Cadillac and one of his jumpsuits. Delicious lunch at Vernon's BBQ. A two hour nap late this afternoon and then soup with John and Denise and a game of Sticks.Read more
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Memphis Pyramid and Beale Street
October 17, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Today we visited The Memphis Pyramid. It is a Bass Pro Store, The Cypress Lodge and at the top The Lookout restaurant. We perused the store and then took the elevator to the top for lunch and the view of the Mississippi River. We stopped by historic The Peabody Hotel to see the ducks in the fountain. After a few hours of rest Tom, Denise and I took the shuttle to Beale Street. We checked out the stores including A. Schwab, their motto is if we don't have it you don't need it! A family owned store since 1876. Then we went to BB King's Blues Club for live music by The BB King All Star Band and some ribs for dinner!Read more
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Last day in Memphis
October 18, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
This afternoon we took a boat ride down the Mississippi River. It was a beautiful afternoon. We saw some "grocery" barges. They deliver fuel, fresh water and groceries to barges moving up and down the river so they do not have to stop for supplies. This evening we got a ride in a pink Cadillac from the campground to Marlowe's for BBQ dinner.Read more
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Across Tennessee
October 19, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
We left Memphis in sunshine, but it soon gave way to clouds. We saw lots and lots of cotton fields in Western Tennessee. As we crossed the mountains there was some color in the trees. As we passed Knoxville we spied a tower with a gold sphere on top. I did not get a photo, but googled it. It was a relic from the 1982 World's Fair. It is a historic landmark called the Sunsphere. The top is made from glass infused with gold dust. Stopped for the night in VA. It is raining now. Home tomorrow.Read more
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Homeward bound
October 20, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Cloudy rainy day. We had rain all the way through Virgina. We saw some color in the trees. Pennsylvania is looking good. Our last exit and home! It was a great trip! Now back to reality!
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Trip end
October 20, 2019