April 9 - On our way to Moab, UT

We passed through Cortez, CO, were out of the mountains and safe from snowy mountain weather.  NOT!  Just a few miles out of Cortez it started snowing hard.

April 8 - Rt 64

We left South Fork on Friday afternoon instead of Saturday to stay ahead of a storm.  There was a lot of snowing going on at Wolf Creek Pass so we decided not to risk it and headed south and then west on Rt. 64 on our way to Chama, NM.  The road climbed to over 10,500' and was quite snowy at the top.  The road was dry, there were were no major hairpin turns, and all the climbs were much easier on the truck because of the cooler temps.  There was very little traffic and very few homes.

We probably wouldn't have taken this road if we'd known it climbed to 10,500', but are glad we didn't know because it was a lovely drive.

April 7 - 9000'

Galen and Jen went for a walk in a winter wonderland about 1000' higher than South Fork and got some gorgeous photos.

Serious snow!

April 7 - South Fork, CO

Galen's footprints on the stairs of our RV this morning.

The snow wasn't sticking to the ground too much but it covered our truck, our RV, and the roofs of the cabins.

April 5 - Creede, CO

One of the abandoned mines outside Creede.  Creede will become a mining town again in the near future when three new silver mines are opened requiring hundreds of new workers to work them.

Jen and Ken in downtown Creede.  The main street was torn up big time and we assume they are working hard to end the construction before the tourist season begins in June.

The road up to the abandoned mines.  We were glad the only people we met were on foot!

Tommyknocker's is a great place for ribs, but we all had salads.  The mirror is covered with dollar bills that have been written on and/or decorated by customers.  They are all over the ceiling, too.

March 27 - Albuquerque

We pedaled some of the very nice Bosque Trail in Albuquerque.  There are quite a few bicycle trails in town and many bicyclers take advantage of them.  The Bosque Trail was especially nice because it wasn't near any highway.

3/29 - We rode the Sandia Tramway straight up for two miles to Sandia Peak.  Sandia means watermelon and the peak got its name from the watermelon color it gets sometimes when the sun is going down.  We went up two miles and the temperature dropped 20 degrees.  It was only in the 30s at the top and windy.  BRRRR!

The cables, the mountain, and a view of Albuquerque below.

The tram.  Today was our tram operator's last day on the job so another operator took over inside and ours rode on the top of the tram all the way down the mountain.  The trip takes 15 minutes and there are no seats in the tram.  I'm glad we took this ride while it was still cool outside because people pass out from the heat that builds up in the tram during the summer.  Galen is taking photos of the view.

The pipes on top of the sign are aimed at specific landmarks and the landmarks are listed on the lower portion of the sign.  Pretty cool.

March 27 - Leaving Roswell

McDonald's - Roswell, NM

These people are here at Bottomless Lakes State Park for an Escapee's rally and since we are Escapees asked us to join them for happy hours.  Our last night there we were invited to a soup supper and birthday party.

Just before Trudie nearly dropped the cake on the ground her son-in-law told her not to drop the cake.  She's pretty quick though and caught it before it hit the ground.  Our RV is in the upper left hand corner of the photo.

The only slightly mangled cake.

We stopped in Roswell on our way out of town, found a side street to park our "house", and went to church at the First UMC on the way to Albuquerque.

One of the church members made this most impressive and highly detailed Noah's Ark.   There were even teensy tiny bird eggs in the tiny bird nests.