Albequerque

May16,
Glad we made the decision to come to New Mexico. It's beautiful, peaceful and WARM!!!! We're about 15 miles north of the city of Albequerque and the top picture is a view from our campground...Sandia Mountain.
We went to the Expo Flea Market at the Fairgrounds. Bigger and junkier than Big Pine or Key Largo. After that we decided to follow Route 66 to the Turquiose Trail, a scenic byway on the other side of Sandia Mountain. We drove along to the town of Madrid or Woodstock West. For the prior 20 miles there were very few houses, Madrid is a small community with shops and houses lining the road and hills. Parts of "The Wild Hogs" was filmed in Madrid. Many of the shops were closing as it was after 5...Most of the residents looked as though they were stuck in the 70's---not a bad place to be. We saw the hummingbird on her nest (a first) at the Mining Museum.
After we left Madrid we decided it was time to head home and took Rt. 57 across to Rt. 25. 57 was totally dirt, up and down with fences and no trespassing signs on both sides but very few human or animal inhabitants that we saw. It was a pretty adventure though the 8 miles seemed like 20. Joe joked half way that there was a Dead End sign around the corner.