We stayed in an RV park in a northern suburb of Alburquerque. We were close to the tram ride that takes you to the top of the Sandia ski hill. What the heck we took the ride. At the top you are at over 10,000 feet and have a great view of Alburquerque. The top picture was supposed to show the rock house at the very top of the peak. Its the tiniest white blob. Once your at the top and get off the tram you can hike to it. Its about a mile and at 10,000 feet a little to high of an altitude for us to hike. There is also a restaurant up at the top called the 10 -3 meaning 10,300 feet. A little too pricey for us. The ride back down was great. We had the whole tram car to ourselves. On the way down the wind started to kick up and the car started to rock. The driver said that when we got to the bottom they would be adding water to the car for ballast. That keeps the car from swaying too much which might cause it to hit a pillar. The pillars anchor the cables on which the tram travels. So glad we took the ride it was well worth the price (not bad) and you can stay up at the top and hike around all you want and come back down whenever you want.
We are now in Elephant Butte, New Mexico. The weather is great and we are taking our four wheeler out. We have been up in the mountains and out in the desert. We have also been visiting friends while here. We still know people here from when we spent our first winter here in 2008. The RV life has been very good to us and the best part has been the people we have met along the way.
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