Albuquerque, NM - Sandia Crest

Friday, September 25, 2015

Since the trees are changing colors here, we decided to drive up to Sandia Crest this morning.  Sandia Crest overlooks the city of Albuquerque, NM

During the drive up, there was road construction with one lane closed.  We managed to hit it just right on the way up and did not have to wait for the pilot car.  However, on the way down, we had to wait about 10 mins for the pilot car.

WOW!  This is the view from the top of the crest at 10,378 ft elevation.  We started at about 5300 ft elevation.  Quite a climb.

The following 3 pictures are still from the Sandia Crest.

The picture above was taken on a walking trail at the crest.

This was taken on our way back down.  The hillsides were beautiful!

We drove the "back way" to Santa Fe, NM, driving thru the town of Madrid.  Sorry, no pictures.  Traffic was just a crawl becaause of all the tourists.  We got to Santa Fe about lunch time so stopped at the Blue Corn Cafe and had a green chili lunch.

Tic had green chili stew and I had huevos rancheros.  Both were delicious.  As usual we were half through our food before we thought about taking a picture.  Both were good!

We ordered new vision glasses for Dusty, the returned to Albuquerque.  Her glasses should be ready in a week and we will be in Los Alamos then, so it will be close to pick them up.