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Albuquerque Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Albuquerque, United States
From Winding Roads to Wide Open Spaces
Tyla writes: I am very grateful to be on this trip for so many reasons, one of which is that I am finally seeing my own country by car. This great land of ours has so much diversity and beauty! The lush, green, rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains ...
Petroglyphs in Albuquerque
May 29 – by Madison Today we went to Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico. I was really excited to go here because I like petroglyphs and I like to study them to see what they mean. On the way to the visitor center we were looking ...
Rattlesnakes!
... ; He told us about this museum, the American International Rattlesnake Museum, found just off the square in Old Town Albuquerque. The museum owner, a biologist who prefers wrangling rattlesnakes to middle and high school students, has gathered ...
It was GRAND of you to come...
It was GRAND to go to Colorado. We always love our trips to Colorado and enjoy doing so many different things. It starts feeling like our second home. But Christmas break from school is just about over and the girls will be going back to school next ...
Anytown, USA
... have a beatiful backdrop in the mountains surrounding it, but that was about it. One of the biggest surprises was the weather. Albuquerque is in the middle of New Mexico, which as I have learned from a number of Westerns, is mostly desert. ...
A fun day at the Bittner Laundry!!
We today we got to spend the day with Traci, David, Taylor, Shirley & Little Marleigh... Traci was so kind to let us use her washer & dryer... Thank you Hun! We had so much fun watching Mar, play in her pool.. It doesn't take much to ...
The Sandia Tram - 2nd Longest Tram in the World
... is not a wide valley and most of the development stretches in a long band north and south along the river. The Albuquerque side of the mountains is very steep and craggy and they provide an insurmountable barrier to east-west travel at this ...
From Dust to Home
We left right after brekkies and made the easy drive to Albuquerque. It was blowing up a storm, and I had grit in my teeth after filling up the rental car. My flight left right on time, but Keegan's was delayed almost nine hours. The poor boy got ...
This was a sad day
... in the center console of my car and thus began one of the longest music-less journeys of my life. It was a beautiful day in Albuquerque, New Mexico however I wouldn't be there long enough to enjoy it dear Reader, for I was on my way to Los Angeles to ...
Finally Albuquerque
Today we spent the morning cleaning, and then drove back to Albuquerque. We stopped in Cuba, New Mexico to have lunch at El Brunos. After we checked into the hotel, a few of us went to the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, which had three exhibits: one on ...
Retirement
Papa Ron's retirement offically begins at 11:20 am on Wednesday, June 10,2009. We go to lunch with GG and then home to get ready to start on our first trip in the new motorhome. We will miss the old motorhome but look forward to taking this ...
Home Sweet Home
Our drive from Sterling to Albuquerque was pretty uneventful. We've driven this stretch of I-25 countless times so didn't stop to see anything along the way. We had to turn in the RV (which if you ever rent an RV in Albuquerque be forewarned that there ...
Bandelier National Monument
Some of my family left this morning. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta schedule wasn't as interesting as the weekend schedules had been so the rest of us decided to do some sightseeing today instead. We drove ...
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta day 2
... left. We spent much of the afternoon at Petroglyph National Monument, a 7,000 acre park to the west from Albuquerque. The main focus of the park is an estimated 25,000 carvings by Ancestral Pueblo peoples and early Spanish ...
Why I'm Beirut Bound
... as a war zone and a Paris. This experience and year of study has been provided for me by the Rotary Club 5520 of Albuquerque, NM, my hometown. My interests in the Middle East stem from college. For obvious reasons, this part of the world has come into ...
Now a turn to the East
It was time to head back in the general direction of home. If I had a bit more time to consider, I could have stayed on the bus for a while longer. Who knows? Don't recall and no notes have surface but I probably spent the night in a hotel in ...
Albuquerque Isotopes
This was a very memorable visit. The stadium is beautiful- spacious, decorated in the turquoise and tans of the desert, and featuring full sized Bart Simpson characters sitting on benches on the concourse. I met with Celia and Drew Einhorn before ...
70th Birthday Bash in New Mexico
On October 1, 2009 friends of over 50 years will be meeting in New Mexico to celebrate our 70th birthday. The last trip we took together was 20 years ago on our 50th birthday. We went to British Columbia, Canada and had the time of our lives. It ...
Albuquerque
Hi There! Travelled to Albuquerque (pronounced albu-cookie)in New Mexico today, viewing some fantastic scenary on the way. Arrived at the tail end of the Rockies which come down this far. Right by the Motel was a trail, called the Turquoise trail, ...
Day 25 - Dry and Beautiful
... “Welcome” sign yet. We had a picnic of leftovers and fruit at the rest area there, and then headed to Albuquerque where Heather’s aunt and uncle live. The ride was really nice – great weather, and the further we drove ...
I'm stuck - in a WIND TUNNEL!
... with LOTS of wind – steady with big gusts. It was an awful wind. I thought I would NEVER get to Albuquerque. The wind was so bad that I am actually BRUISED on my upper arms from fighting the bike to keep it up. I ...
Hiking Trip
Went on an excursion with my new friend Jack, an oboe Grad student from California. We traveled the Pino trail at the foot of the Sandia Mountains. ...
Albuquerque
... section of road cut through area's of volcanic rock. It's warmed up again by the time we arrived in Albuquerque. Our host has desert turtles that live in their backyard. They feed them tinned cat food, as well as some fruit. ...
for the love of Gonzo
I get to the airport in Albuquerque at 4.30pm. my flight is at 6:30pm..I quickly hit the mens room and eat 8 gelatin capsules of dried, powdered ( fine), peyote. within an hour of consumption I'm through security and sitting with my laptop and the peyote ...
City Lights
Repairing the RV all day. County Line for dinner with great views of the city's lights at night. Drove up to the tram station for great pictures. Looked like a zillion twinkling Christmas lights. ...
Getting ready
... , lodging and we have purchased tickets to special events. Here is a look at the week upcoming: 10/01- Fly out of Albuquerque 10/1 Arrive in Phoenix late and spend night 10/2 Leave Phoenix by 6am- yummy 10/2 arrive in LA, 4 hour layover, fly ...
Go West Young Man
... , this morning it was 52 and very windy. Such weird weather. Well, after taking a look around we headed west again for Albuquerque to visit our classmate, Diane Werner. We arrived around 5 pm and she had fixed a lovely dinner of salmon with pesto, fresh ...
Happy birthday to me
... mentioned to them that it was my birthday, a fact that I had totally forgotten about: a night out in the metropolis of Albuquerque, New Mexico, beckoned. We arrived in Albuquerque at 2.15pm, and had a look on the accommodation board at the bus station, ...