Albuquerque – Out of the Snow

Finally, we seem to have traveled far enough south to escape the snow, if not the cool weather. Somewhere between Gallup and Albuquerque on the I-40, the snow disappeared. The daytime highs are still cool, chilly even, but although it is dipping below freezing at night, it’s not all that bad. As an ex-inhabitant of the Canadian Prairies, I can still say that, I think!

Albuquerque is a city of 600K, spread out in a broad valley along the Rio Grande, a river we will see in a few days, further south. The only part of Albuquerque we really explored was the Old Town and a couple of plazas in among the old buildings. That part was similar to Santa Fe, although I think Santa Fe has more nice old buildings.

We visited with a couple of friends from a Section Mountaineering Camp two years ago and, after a night’s sleep and a needed shower, we headed south, still looking for warmer weather.