Today was the day for my kids. They'd been wanting to see, feel, and play with snow... and too bad Houston never had snow... the most it had was ice at the peak of the winter on December last year and they were already happy with it... We already planned to go to Big Bear in California early this year, but then my stay was extended in Houston so our hope of finding snow was kind of vanishing...
Imagine how delighted we were when we could still find snow in spring here in Sandia Peak, about 10 miles from Albuquerque...
At the elevation of more than 10,000 feet, it was cold up there in Sandia. The main attraction is actually the Tramway... it is said as the world's longest aerial tramway. The ride was smooth and the view from the tram and from the top was breathtaking... But for the kids, it was snow which drew their full attention and energy...
The ski area itselft was already closed for the season, although snow was still abundant. That was enough for my kids... We spent few hours playing with snow... with the only break was lunch at the resto at the peak... it was called High Finance... don't know how it got the strange name, but good thing is that 'high' here only related to the elevation and didn't refer to the meal prices... they were priced just like any other restaurants...
Few hours later we took the tram down to the base and we drove back to Albuquerque... We spent several hours driving around the city... We stopped by at several places like the Central Avenue where the historic Route 66 was located... several buildings still maintained their old sign boards to make the street looked 'vintage'. We also enjoyed the unique Southwest architecture of a lot of houses and buildings we found in all parts of the city.
To complement for the day for the kids, we visited the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, which was just opened 1.5 years ago. The museum displayed the history of balloon, the balloon school (how to make a balloon, etc.), the science behind the balloon, and several real big balloons, including one which travelled across Atlantic. Albuquerque is the place for annual International Balloon Fiesta, which takes place on October.
An hour before sunset we decided we had enough with Albuquerque and we headed 60 miles north to Santa Fe. We stayed overnight here.
Total drive of the day: 100 miles only
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