Blogs from Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 4

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Those who have read my blog, Wichita KS – Much More Than Cowboys and Cattle Drives, already know about the computer gremlins that haunted me near the end of 2015 and can skip to the next paragraph. For those new to my blog, welcome. A long story made short found all my MS Word blog files and my accompanying picture files deleted, so this blog is atypical of my standard product. It is brief and concise and is without pictures. My apologies, but regardless of the unadorned nature, I hope to provide potential travelers with some useful information that might make their trip more fulfilling. Thanks for reading, and please examine some of my pre-September 2015 blogs for a more representative sample of my work. I headed west on I-40 after departing the Fort Amarillo RV ... read more

Dream is not that what you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep. ~ Abdul Kalam. I read about it, hear about it but I was so excited about it that I could not sleep - first presence in Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta became a dream. We (excited family) started our day Very early 4:30AM. As we left our front door and walked toward the parking lot, I looked up at the deep blue sky with some cloud blocks spreading across. WoW - Perfect day. My goal was to reach the balloon fiesta ground by 5:30AM. I do not want to miss the thrill of watching the Dawn Patrol Show at 6AM (the first balloon goes up to check wind speeds and directions at different altitudes). I am fortunate to get ... read more

Yesterday was a busy day. First we headed downtown to do the city tour on the ABQ trolley. It was a great way to become more familiar with the city. I wish we had done it the first day or two that we were in town. The young lady doing the narrative was very knowledgable about the city. After the trolley ride we headed out toward Sandia Peak, but we went on past there to the singing highway. My friend Kris Carpenter told me that we just had to experience this while we were here. It was really cool. I posted a video on facebook where you can actually hear the highway singing "America". It was way cool! I have not been able to get the video to load onto my iPad, so I am not ... read more