Early Saturday AM in Albuquerque
It's 12:40 a.m. Mountain time and Waverly and I just made it into Albuquerque about a half hour ago. Briefly, as I need to get some sleep, I picked her up in Amarillo Thursday night.
We stopped and ate at the Big Texan Restaraunt in Amarillo. (Yes, the place where if you can eat a 72 oz. steak and dinner in an hour that it's free! $54.99 if you can't.) We drove that evening to Roswell, New Mexico.
After a conference call this morning for work, we went to the International UFO Museum and Center in downtown Roswell. We then headed south to Carlsbad Caverns National Park and went on the Natural Entrance and Big Room paths (about 3 miles and 2 hours of walking and exploring the Caverns.)
We ate in Carlsbad before heading north to Artesia and then west through Cloudcroft over an 8,500 foot mountain that is part of the Guadalupe Mountains into Alamagordo.
At about 7:30 p.m., we pulled into the White Sands National Monument and played in the sand for awhile before driving north through Tularosa, Carrizozo, Socorro and eventually here to the hotel in Albuquerque near the Airport.
In about six (6) hours, I'll be leaving to go up the Ski Lift area of the Sandia Mountains to participate in the 7.2-mile Keith Howard Challenge. It is a challenging, uphill race that begins at the base of the Ski Lift (elevation 8,650 feet) and ascends through rolling hills, switchbacks, and challenging climbs to finish at the top of the ski area (elevation 10,378 feet)! And, yes, it will be timed. (They'll be using sundial timing for me!) My prediction: 1:31! The top male and female won it last year in 42 minutes and 1:05:39, respectively.
I'll owe you all a report later!
We stopped and ate at the Big Texan Restaraunt in Amarillo. (Yes, the place where if you can eat a 72 oz. steak and dinner in an hour that it's free! $54.99 if you can't.) We drove that evening to Roswell, New Mexico.
After a conference call this morning for work, we went to the International UFO Museum and Center in downtown Roswell. We then headed south to Carlsbad Caverns National Park and went on the Natural Entrance and Big Room paths (about 3 miles and 2 hours of walking and exploring the Caverns.)
We ate in Carlsbad before heading north to Artesia and then west through Cloudcroft over an 8,500 foot mountain that is part of the Guadalupe Mountains into Alamagordo.
At about 7:30 p.m., we pulled into the White Sands National Monument and played in the sand for awhile before driving north through Tularosa, Carrizozo, Socorro and eventually here to the hotel in Albuquerque near the Airport.
In about six (6) hours, I'll be leaving to go up the Ski Lift area of the Sandia Mountains to participate in the 7.2-mile Keith Howard Challenge. It is a challenging, uphill race that begins at the base of the Ski Lift (elevation 8,650 feet) and ascends through rolling hills, switchbacks, and challenging climbs to finish at the top of the ski area (elevation 10,378 feet)! And, yes, it will be timed. (They'll be using sundial timing for me!) My prediction: 1:31! The top male and female won it last year in 42 minutes and 1:05:39, respectively.
I'll owe you all a report later!
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