Amazing Albuquerque

We just got back into town after a trip to Albuquerque to see Wendy's grandparents, Warren and Dorothy. They are amazing. Warren is 88 and Dorothy will be 88 in June. They are active, social, travel all over the place, and both still drive. Quinn had a blast.


We went hiking up the Sandia Mountains and discovered that the trail we hiked last year in January (see the old website) had 4ft of snow on it in some places. After some hemming and hawing and watching Scott go into some holes up to his hips, we decided to attack the trail and follow other people's footprints up to the tramway. Again, we had a great lunch at the restaurant on the top and took the tram back to the base. Quinn slept almost the whole time we were gone.

The next day we all went to Petroglyph National Monument and Quinn wowed his great-grandparents by hiking up a pretty steep trail all on his own. The steps often required him to do some scrambling but that only seemed to spice up the adventure for him. We had a great time and went out for a great dinner where Quinn again wowed the crowd, this time by consuming a plate of fettucini in about 5 minutes.


On Saturday we drove over to Santa Fe and into the snow! A spring storm was rolling through and the white stuff was actually sticking on the ground. In fact, as we were walking around the central plaza, great big clumps of it came whirling down. Quinn was happy and then he got cold and decidedly unhappy. After a warm lunch and several rides up and down in a glass elevator we were ready to head back along the scenic route. Quinn passed out and we came back into Albuquerque through the edges of the Sandias. The way the snow-dusted trees marched up the sides of the foothills into the busy sky was so lovely.

Then we had to head home. A wonderful time with wondeful people, we are so lucky to have such great family.