Albuquerque

After a couple days in and around Ruidoso, we left this morning, heading for Albuquerque. It was raining when we left (48º), and the road was narrow and bumpy for the first 50 miles or so. Hardly any traffic, though. As we got further east, the road smoothed out, the sky cleared, and we began to see more motorcycles heading towards Ruidoso. Their Aspen Festival is this weekend, with a parade, car show, and other activities. If we didn't already have a reservation in Albuquerque (hard to come by during the Balloon Fiesta), we would have stayed another day or two.

The closer we got to Albuquerque, the lower the price for diesel. We stopped south of town for a sandwich and fuel and paid $2.41, 33 cents per gallon less than in Ruidoso.

The park we are in is a mobile home park with some RVs. The spaces are snug, but we have an easy one to back into. It is apparent that most of the RVs that are in here are here for a while... we were fortunate to find any kind of an RV space with elec/water/sewer on such short notice, having booked this just last week.