We left west Albuquerque about 8am after dumping black and gray water tanks. I had filled fresh water tank the day before. First stop was to top off propane at the campground. Next we drove to Sam's Club for gas. Then across town to the balloon park, parking site for The Rally. We got there a little after 9:00 and there were already LOTS of RVs. Picture below shows part of lineup waiting to park.
Here is picture of our spot.
The Park is a huge grass area where the annual Balloon Festival is held later in the year. Good thing. Today the wind was steady 25-30 mph with gusts ofer 50 mph. Tomorrow may be even worse and cold.
After leveling rig and starting refrigerator we drove the Suzuki to the New Mexico State Fairgrounds, the place where all the rally activities will take place. The distance between the two spots is close to 15 miles. Bit of a pain. All the other versions of this event that we have attended have had parking and activities at the same location. There is a shuttle bus system that we will probably use. Means spending whole day at rally. Not enough time between seminars to come back for lunch. Fortunately the entertainment location is in a HUGE tent at the balloon park. We'll see how that goes.
While at rally site we registered and wandered around fairgrounds getting familier with layout. We then found a post office and mailed a birthday card and headed back to parking site for the afternoon.
Will try to get overall picture of full parking after tomorrow when more RVs arrive.
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