We Wallaces all went to Albuquerque in October. We drove down (LONG drive!) on a Thursday, left Denver at about 9:30a (a little later than expected due to delays involved in cleaning up toys, clothes, and broken glass after Zach pulled the 5-drawer dresser down on top of himself!!! Thankfully, no injuries, just a heckuva scare. We'll secure it to the wall when we get back. Not sure if he was climbing the drawers, or what...). We finally rolled into Albuquerque at about 5:30p, in time for rush hour and Balloon Fiesta traffic.
We came because Scott had to provide support for his ABQ office that was moving locations. Zach and I are supporting him...yeah, right.
Friday morning we got Scott a rental car so Z & I could have our way with the town. After bfast, we walked around Petroglyph National Monument and drove through Old Town Albuquerque.
Coincidentally, while we were in town, the Balloon Fiesta http://www.balloonfiesta.com/ was going on. One of my former coworkers had a booth at the event.
Friday night we went over to the fiesta's “Glowdeo” event (when they just inflate the fun-shapes balloons but keep them on the ground). The blasts of hot air and flames from the furnaces (?) were a little scary for Zach, but it was amazing to see. We actually walked through the field of balloons, and were able to talk to the operators. We also got up early Saturday morning to see the mass ascension – 700+ balloons were supposed to take off at 7am. Unfortunately the traffic was terrible getting into the event (we must have been in the car for over an hour), and then the weather did not cooperate, so from our car window we saw about seventy balloons take off, but then the rest of them were grounded.
So, we returned to the hotel to let Zach nap, then headed to Santa Fe for the night. Sunday, we drove through Taos on our way home. Beautiful cities, both of them.
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