Geocaching and Rally First Day
Weather forecast last night for today was cloudy and windy. Woke up to crystal clear skys and balloons over Albuquerque. Still chilly though.
Weather forecast last night for today was cloudy and windy. Woke up to crystal clear skys and balloons over Albuquerque. Still chilly though.
We spent the morning walking to geocaches in the area while the weather was nice. Found all five and walked about five miles around the balloon park vacinity and as usual saw some interesting things that we would not have seen without the draw of the cache.
This is the balloon museum located at south end of the park. We hope to visit it Sunday.
This is the entertainment tent taken from a hill above the park. You get some idea of the numbe of RVs here. There are more lots behind us.
Last night was also our third night in New Mexico. Three nights and /or five caches means we can put another state on our map. Have to wait for weather to warm so it will stick.
In the afternoon we went to the rally. Some of the new RVs were open so we looked through them. Times have changed. At the rally three years ago there were nearly 1000 new RVs on display. This year maybe 300 and many companies were not there. They don't exist any more.
Prices seemed lower also and some show specials made costs almost reasonable if wanting to buy.
We went to two seminars. The first was on communication between driver and spotter when backing the RV. Sounds simple but actually very important. The second was on Blogging. I am off to a pretty good start I guess but we picked up some good points and information on things to help make it easier.
Oh yah - it's my birthday. We went to a mexican restaurant (naturally) and had margaritas and nachos. The nachos plate was huge. We brought 2/3 of it home.
Entertainment in the big tent started tonight. Local group doing 50s and 60s music.
In the afternoon we went to the rally. Some of the new RVs were open so we looked through them. Times have changed. At the rally three years ago there were nearly 1000 new RVs on display. This year maybe 300 and many companies were not there. They don't exist any more.
Prices seemed lower also and some show specials made costs almost reasonable if wanting to buy.
We went to two seminars. The first was on communication between driver and spotter when backing the RV. Sounds simple but actually very important. The second was on Blogging. I am off to a pretty good start I guess but we picked up some good points and information on things to help make it easier.
Oh yah - it's my birthday. We went to a mexican restaurant (naturally) and had margaritas and nachos. The nachos plate was huge. We brought 2/3 of it home.
Entertainment in the big tent started tonight. Local group doing 50s and 60s music.
The big name stuff starts tomorrow.
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