Friday morning, June 28, we left Amarillo for Albuquerque, New Mexico. West of Amarillo was like East of Amarillo. There was mile after mile of barren landscape and more and more huge wind mills. We drove through a 20 mile stretch, which had hundreds of these wind mills.
A center piece of the Old Town is the beautiful church--San Felipe De Neri Catholic Church.
Later in the day, we road an aerial tram to the top of the 10,378 foot Sandia Peak. The FFA considers this tram as a low flying aircraft. Our flight was Flight number 31. While on the Peak and viewing the awesome views of the Albuquerque area sights, the tram pilot notified us that an approaching storm with high winds and lightening forced them to ground our flight. We were stranded atop the mountain for an hour or so until it was safe to return. Dwain enjoyed the flight and I did too once the color returned to my knuckles! Nancy was smart enough to sit this one out.
Some scenes departing Albuquerque and heading to Flagstaff, Arizona.
Petrified Forest and Painted Desert
We're now in Flagstaff only 80 miles from the Grand Canyon--tomorrow's destination.
Gorgeous photos. The "flight" would have made my knuckles white too!!!! Enjoying reading about your amazing journey!
ReplyDeleteI remember the painted dessert and I went up and down a tram in Albuquerque, too. I don't remember having white-knuckled grip then, but I sure would now. What a difference 26 years make in the grip! :)
ReplyDeleteThis brought back great memories of our trip to Albuquerque! We loved the ride to Sandia Peak and visiting the old town. Our favorite restaurant there was the Quesadilla Grill. Here's a link to our Sandia pictures -- scroll to the middle:
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And here are the pictures from Albuquerque:
http://butterpats.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-eight-albuquerque-nm-to-alamogordo.html
We love you! Looking forward to your Grand Canyon pictures!