Albuquerque

Sept 19     Winslow, AZ - Albuquerque, NM        265 miles     5 hours

We arrived at Route 66 RV Resort today. The Route 66 Casino is right next door. The rate is $50 per day, Good Sam rate $45 but if you stay 7 days the rate drops to $40 per day. We paid for a week.

Very nice park with wide open sites, swimming pool, and pickleball courts. We plan to kick back and relax and just enjoy ourselves...

Our site for the week

Sept 20

Today we went to Myer's RV in Albuquerque. We're supposed to be window shopping and just looking to see what's out there. Well we found one that we really like. An Allegro Red that's just the right size and everything we want. They gave us a pretty decent price and we were really tempted to go for it but we talked ourselves out of it. We're just not ready....yet.

Sept 21

This morning when we went outside there was a hot air balloon right in the back of us. We must be in Albuquerque because this area is known for all the hot air balloons. In fact in just a couple of weeks its going to be the International Balloon Festival in Albuquerque. This is a very, very big event with hundreds of hot air balloons from all over the world in attendance. We went to this festival a few years back.

We went to the local farmers market. It was very crowded with lots of vendors. We enjoy going to farmers markets when we travel. It's very interesting to see the different produce, crafts, and foods that are sold.

Artesian Cucumbers

Sept 23

We went hiking at Elena Gallegos Picnic Area. We did part of the Pino Trail and continued on another one, about 3 miles. This is a scenic trail at the foothills of the Sandias. The trails are well marked and nicely maintained. Very nice hike with unusual rock formations, wildflowers, and magnificent views of the Sandia Mountains and the city of Albuquerque.

We worked up an appetite, lunch was at Cracker Barrel.

Beautiful wildflowers

Sept 25

This past week has been very relaxing for us. We explored Albuquerque, gambled at the casino next door, ate at a few different places, and just relaxed at this RV park. The amenities are great. Besides spending a lot of time at the pool, they have hot and iced coffee and hot chocolate available all day. The showers and laundry facilities are very clean and cost $1.50 to wash and $1.00 to dry.

I think we'll be staying here again.

Fall 2019

This is my favorite time of the year to travel, cooler weather and colorful autumn leaves...so exciting. These last few months have been very busy for us, we're ready for some fun and relaxation.

On this 7 1/2 week vacation we plan to explore Northern New Mexico.

Las Vegas

We flew to Las Vegas on September 10 very late in the evening and checked in at Orleans Hotel. We like this hotel and got 2 nights comp so even better. They're hosting the Mr Olympic contest this weekend so a lot of muscle running around. We moved to Sam's Town for 1 night. We haven't stayed here for a while and wanted to take advantage of a comp room. So glad we did, they renovated and the rooms are very nice.

On September 13 we picked up the RV and checked in at Las Vegas RV Resort. We really like it here. It's an adults only park so no kids running around and splashing in the pool. The Good Sam rate is $35.60 per night. We stayed here for 5 nights. Spent the time in Las Vegas getting ready to hit the road. It was hot in Vegas, over 100 degrees so ready for some cooler weather.

Getting our RV cleaned up

Joe hired some guys to come and treat the roof and polish the top ends where he can't reach. It actually needed to be buffed out. Looks real nice....it should, it cost $300.

We ate at Texas Roadhouse on Craig road. They just opened end of last year. Pretty good, we've been to other Texas Roadhouses in other states and this one is just as fun.












Sept 19       Las Vegas - Winslow, AZ     284 miles     5 hours 40 minutes

Leaving at sunrise

We got an early start this morning. Went from desert scenery to forest in a few hours...so awesome! We're staying at Meteor Crater RV Park outside of Winslow, Arizona. We've passed here a few times on I40 and never stopped. Nice park, Good Sam rate $35.60 for water and electric. They have full hookups for $5 more but we're staying only 1 night so don't need it.

We went to check out Meteor Crater 5 miles down the road. $16 each to enter. Neat museum and movie. We wanted to do the rim trail hike but it was closed because it was too windy.

Meteor Crater was formed when a meteor slammed into the Earth. Though dramatic, this event is far from unusual -- collisions and impacts involving meteors and comets have been critical to the formation and development of Earth and the entire solar system.

Today Meteor Crater appears as much as it did when it was formed nearly 50,000 years ago. It remains the worlds best preserved and first proven example of a large impact crater and a valuable laboratory for research into the origins and evolution of our solar system.

View from RV park