Exploring Old Town and the local park

Having a late lunch in our thermals

The kids loved playing in this park.

Old town

SanFelipe de Neri Church: Old town

Old Town

One of the requests the kids had of America was going to a park. We found this park right next to Old town which is in walking distance of our house. We had a lovely time there and the kids made friends with some local kids. It was good to spend some time doing a 'normal' eveyday activity and having a break from all the sightseeing.

Old Town follows the traditional Spanish pattern of a central plaza and church surrounded by homes and businesses. There are restaurants and shops and museums. Shopping here is delightful and we found many native indian handicrafts and art work.

We dropped Steve off at the Centre for Action and Contemplation at lunch time. He was going to head off to his leaders forum called Solarize. He should have a great time. Jo had to drive on the 'wrong side of the road' for the first time and this went well. No accidents and no-one beeped at her. Jo and the kids are planning to spend the rest of Friday and Saturday just relaxing and catching up on sleep. On Sunday they plan to go to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science before picking Steve up at 2 pm.

More of Sandia Peak

Albuquerque at Sunset

Sandia Peak Tramway

More snow fun

We had a wonderful time at Sandia Peak. After taking the Tramway up to the top (takes 15 minutes) we were able to explore. As it was late in the afternoon we were in the shade which made it a lot colder. However we were having too much fun to let the cold bother us. The snow was a little icey and hard and so making a snow man was not possible today but we spent a lot of time sliding down the hills.

Going back down the tramway at sunset was spectacular. Timothy missed it though as he had fallen asleep in mum's arms while we were waiting for the tram. The snow realy did wear him out.

Fun in the Snow

View from top of Sandia peak

Ready for the snow

Red Mesa

The CAC have purchased this land to hold future MROP's

View from top of Red Mesa and the land CAC owns

The men from around the world who run MROPS

Another view from top

Red Mesa : home of MROP

Kids first spotting of snow

Interstate 40 going west

Centre of Action and Contemplation : home of Richard Rohr and the Men's Rights of Passage.

Albuquerque

We didin't realise just how big a large pizza was. Much bigger than Australia.















Happy 13th Anniversary














Sandia Peak: elevation 10,000 feet















Cookie dough anyone????

Breakfast cereal in huge packaging (much like dog food bags)