http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , New Mexico , Albuquerque en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:39:32 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:39:32 UTC That's what it looks like out here. Serene peaceful beautiful and full of culture. Farmington New Mexico something about it was interesting and way too many Navajoians were abundant. I think that walking into the WalMart Ash and I were the minorities. What are Asians and AfricanAmericans out there Yes we were only in WalMart for water and powerade. Farmington proved to have great Mex http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-348141.html So doing a show at 9000 feet above sea level was quite interesting. You could totally see it on the kids during the show that they were out of breath. We even heard it a few times. They did a great job even with one kid Fiona out because she was sick. Load out went pretty smoothly I got a pretty generous compliment from the house LD about one of my favorite cues in the show he commente http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-345489.html I have always wanted to go to Albuquerque in October to check out the hot air balloon fiesta. One of the mustsee for the enthusiasts. The Albuquerque balloon fiesta is the biggest in the world an anual nineday event in every October and has around 600 balloons from the USA and the world registered this year. It is considered one of the most photographed event in the world. In the morning and http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-334863.html So today the family got together with Unlce mo as our guy in charge and we rode up to the top of the Sandia Mountians up the TRAM it was great. at the top was the first time since ive been home that it was cool enough to wear a sweatshirt. I LOVED IT its WAY TO HOT HERE IKAVA NAANTALIIIIIN http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-313712.html This evening we meaning Sean Emi Richie Lauren Dad Uncle Mo Mo's friend Shelly Emil and Poppop went to an Isotopes baseball game It was pouring rain when we arrived and we had a rain delay for a while so the game didnt start until REALLY late But during the delay we got to watch the Olympics opening ceremony on the big screen TVs around We ate hotdogs and cotten candy and Dipnd http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-312229.html We just finished a quick trip to Albuquerque to check up on our grandson Diego. Had some trouble in Wyoming where our Saab died more accurately the Saab's battery gave up the ghost. Rumors via his mother that D is talking up a storm are mostly true.We had a fun time on the New Mexico RailRunner from downtown ABQ to downtown Bernalillo and back. Maybe this is the wave of the future. State and cit http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-311768.html Dear friends and familyToday I am packing for my caving expedition to Chile. The purpose of this trip is to map caves for a NASA project in the Atacama region of Chile. We are going to the Atacama because it is very similar to Mars. The Atacama is the driest place on earth and has little to no vegitation. The project goal is locate caves on Mars using thermal detection devices so we are usi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-297573.html And so the journey begins as we drive off into the sunset yes I know that scene generally ends Westerns but it was kind of necessary as we are starting off going west. The first stop on our trip is Albuquerque where I had spent a month in the summer of 1999 working at UNM for my Aunt and Uncle helping out with their vegetation and biomass mapping of the area. Bethany and I are both glad to http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-291080.html I have successfully made it through my first eastward non family couch surfing experience. I stayed with a woman named Adele and her cat in Albuquerque NM. She lives up on a hill and has a ldquofront porchrdquo on the second story I would call it a balcony but tomatotomahto. She is high enough on the hill that sitting on the porch provided us with a beautiful southwestern sunset as we http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-291073.html Bahammas var fantastsik. Her er nogle billeder fra paradiset http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-273911.html Jeg var til Prom i Rio Ransho sammen med mathilde . http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-273896.html Am Freitag 14.03. gings ab zu einem weekendtrip nach Albuquerque. Wir Ursi Wassim aus Frankreich und ich besuchten Elisas Familie die dort wohnt. Elisa zeigte uns ein wenig von der Stadt dann gabs Abendessen und dann sind wir noch auf einen Berg gefahren um Albuquerque bei Nacht zu sehen. War tollAm Samstag musste Elisa auf eine Hochzeit gehen. Wir beschlossen einen Tagestrip nach Santa F http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-257763.html Obfuscator writes The day began with a fairly late departure from Socorro. We had grand ambitions though which were not to be thwarted. 50 miles west of Socorro is the Very Large Array an array of 27 huge radio telescopes that act together to make an even more powerful radio telescope. Lots of SciFi movies have filmed at the VLA so it's quite recognizable. What's not immediately apparent http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-256872.html Erda Gardens.Det ser ut til at jeg blir her i Albuquerque en uke til for aa starte en aldri saa liten WWOOFkarriere. Planen var aa reise i dag eller i morgen men da jeg ringte Penina i gaar sa hun at hun hadde ventet paa meg. Etter 20 minutter plukket hun meg opp paa hostelet og i dag flytter jeg ut til denne idylliske lille farmen for aa hjelpe til en uke.Chris ogsaa kalt Chrispy fodt og http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-250777.html Hei derFredag kveld forlot jeg Denver og satte kursen soerover igjen. Billetten var god til Taos i New Mexico. En idiot av en bussjaafoer forsinket oss med 2 timer foer han viste daarlige filmer med max volum hele veien. Jeg var sliten og sur og siden en ikke har lov til aa snakke til sjaaforen under reisen demonstrerte jeg ved aa plugge inn orepropper. En idiot nr 2 prover deretter aa fa kont http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-250381.html In 2005 we started The Mountain Fund with the goal of becoming the charity that represents the heart and soul of the Outdoor Industry around the world. We had taken a long hard look at the situation and found that on an international scale no one was stepping up to the plate and representing outdoor sports like climbing hiking and trekking in a way that made clear that the industry had heart a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-249305.html On Saturday I had the journey from hell from Oklahoma City to Albuquerque in New Mexico. Steeled for what I knew would be an 11 hour drive I arrived at the bus station at 4 am to get the 6 am bus. Except it had already sold out. Leaving me 11 hours until the next bus. The time actually passed fairly quickly time flies when you're watching the crazy people at Greyhound stations but I only j http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-234210.html Departure Day Finally ArrivesAlbuquerque After a late night and busy morning doing last minute preparations and packing we finally left for a 200 PM flight from ABQ Sunport on Northwest Airlines.MinneapolisSt Paul Had a 4 hour layover at MinneapolisSt Paul International Airport. Passed the time getting something to eat looking in shops and walking the length of most of the terminals Th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-228077.html We came to Albuquerque to visit my Daughter Cassie Granddaughter Seaonna. Cassie told me that if someone would get her up in the morning we could take the shuttle bus out to the balloon fiesta park for the final launch of the fiesta. I got everone up on Sunday morning we made it to the last shuttle bus of the day We arrived just as the first balloons were being launched. The Albuquerque http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-213451.html When the alarm clock rang at 4 orsquoclock in the morning the face of the glowing dial nearly met its demise on the corner of the nightstand table. It was much too early to be doing anything much less gaining consciousness and all I could grasp in my half deranged state was my need for more sleep. Fortunately however I was able to gain enough presence of mind to remember why I had set the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-212123.html I've always been fascinated with hot air balloons. Perhaps to some it is another way to travel for others it may be for business or pleasure. Me I guess it is both it is a way to travel not just physically but mentally and spiritually. Pleasure ahhh there's not enough languages in pleasure to speak of hot air balloons.I went on a hot air balloon excursion over Napa Valley in 1995. We wen http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-209247.html We got up at a nice reasonable time this morning 4.45am... Not And made our way to the Balloon Fiesta Park. This is because they have what is known as the 'Dawn Patrol' where a small selection of balloons go up early at dawn ready to test the wind speed etc for the day and the general public can literally walk around them all as they get ready and leave. Then about 3045 mins later the other http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-208916.html Katie was technically the first one up today when she ventured off to the pool first thing. After breakfast we left the hotel but on Katie's word we headed to Macdonalds for a 'hot' tea...12 miles down the road we entered 'Petrified forestPainted desert' This is a place where years ago basically prehistoric times the forest due to silt and carbon etc turned to stone over centuries and you can http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-208681.html So We're getting later at leaving 9.40am today We drove out of Clinton without my GStar jacket gutted towards towns like Elk City Sayre etc then into a town called Texola. A complete guess here but I think its maybe called Texola due to being on the TexasOklahoma border. Basically both were pretty much ghost towns and almost completely deserted. We stopped to take a picture of one of http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-207844.html Today I flew to Albuquerque from there I picked up my retal car and started my 3 weeks trip to the southwest. The flight with Southwest was not bad at least I had a window seat and there was no one sitting in the middle seat so I have some elbow room however there was a cring baby sitting behind me and he yelled and cried the whole way from Orlando. Well I guess if you fly to or from Orlandoyou http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-206720.html We slept in a bit today which was nice. Even Ethan stayed asleep until after both Mom and I were showered and ready to go. Then we visited our third National Park the Aztec Ruins which have nothing to do with Aztecs of Mexico afterall...but that's another story before we began the 2 12 hour drive to Albuquerque. It was a relatively short stop but we got to walk around among the ruins and http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-181036.html Hello Day Four Today was a pretty short day compared to the rest i would say. We left Tucumcari around 9am a little later compared to the rest of the days. We drove through many towns that had nothing of interest to see including Montoya Newirk Cuervo. We pulled through the scuba capital of i don't actually know of what Santa Rosa NM. There we saw the Cafe Club and it was there we http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-178571.html sorry to anyone who has already subscribed to this blog but I have started a new one due to technical difficulties on this site. You can find me now at httpcheekyredhead.blogspot.com http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-171934.html What do you want to do today We asked each other as we gathered ourselves in our hotel room. The trouble with a trip like this is that you have to accept early on that you aren't going to get to do everything you might want to do in the limited time you have in the various places. We knew we wanted to spend some time in Old Town a nice area of shops and restaurants near our hotel. We also knew http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-169574.html Hey everyone Well today wersquore on the road traveling through Oklahoma. I believe the last time we updated our blog was back in Holbrook Arizona. Whoa The miles sure have past quickly . While in Holbrook we woke up the next morning with plans to visit the Petrified Forest nearby. We stopped into a little rock shop run by an old native of the area and went crazy for the rocks he sold th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Albuquerque/blog-168532.html