Update from the Land of Enchantment
I managed to find a little time this morning, while Katie and the pupmeisters were sleeping in, to pull together a few pictures to post.
We officially became “moved in” last weekend - Memorial Day. My dad and stepmom, Shirley, came up from Las Cruces, which is near El Paso, Texas, and spent Friday and Saturday nights here. The morning before they got here we set up some new patio furniture, a new gas grill, made a batch of sweet and sour for margaritas (Katie makes the best margaritas, all from scratch!), and I whipped up a delicious (and very spicy) guacamole. For a house warming, dad went to the Sharper Image got us a set of wireless, weatherproof speakers to go out on the patio. They’re very cool!
As the saying goes, fun was had by all.
Dad kept Gracie entertained throwing her ball in her own private dog park
and she still managed to show him attitude!
The weekend before, it was dad and Shirley’s dog, Gizmeaux, who was getting attitude from Houston at their house in Las Cruces. It took little Gizzy a while to get used to the idea of monsters being in his house.
On Saturday afternoon we drove up to the top of Sandia Crest, which is 10,678 feet above sea level, and some 5200 feet above Albuquerque, which is to the west of the mountains.
We live about five mile east of this range. These pictures are looking down from the crest toward Albuquerque.
Here’s a gratuitous picture of my bike.
This is the parking lot of the Mine Shaft Tavern in Madrid, New Mexico. This is the town that was the scene of “Wyld Hogs”.
New Mexico biker … (there’s great riding around here)
New Mexicans in the back yard …
Since we started working hard to make this move, Katie’s lost quite a bit of weight. She’s down to her high school weight now. Hardly any of her clothes fit. I’ve lost five to ten pounds myself, but I still have a good ten pounds I could lose and not miss at all.
Here’s a cool geometric view of our beautiful abode.
Our first UFO. We’ve been assured that we’re in the thick of UFO country. This object emerged in the sky over Albuquerque last evening while we were out on the patio. I know it wasn’t a star though. For one thing, as the sun dipped further behind the horizon, it changed from a stunningly bright white to an evening orange. Stars don’t do that - they’re not subject to optical effects of our atmosphere. Plus, is wasn’t round. This was the shape of a hot-air balloon, which I think it might have been. It was floating above the general area where Kirkland Air Force Base and Sandia National Labs are. I’m guessing some sort of balloon. It was neat though. I wanted to see it do some totally bizarre maneuver so I could be on the Discovery Channel giving my testimony about how this really did behave in a way that a human thing couldn’t!
We’ll just have to keep watching for those UFO’s.
We officially became “moved in” last weekend - Memorial Day. My dad and stepmom, Shirley, came up from Las Cruces, which is near El Paso, Texas, and spent Friday and Saturday nights here. The morning before they got here we set up some new patio furniture, a new gas grill, made a batch of sweet and sour for margaritas (Katie makes the best margaritas, all from scratch!), and I whipped up a delicious (and very spicy) guacamole. For a house warming, dad went to the Sharper Image got us a set of wireless, weatherproof speakers to go out on the patio. They’re very cool!
As the saying goes, fun was had by all.
Dad kept Gracie entertained throwing her ball in her own private dog park
and she still managed to show him attitude!
The weekend before, it was dad and Shirley’s dog, Gizmeaux, who was getting attitude from Houston at their house in Las Cruces. It took little Gizzy a while to get used to the idea of monsters being in his house.
On Saturday afternoon we drove up to the top of Sandia Crest, which is 10,678 feet above sea level, and some 5200 feet above Albuquerque, which is to the west of the mountains.
We live about five mile east of this range. These pictures are looking down from the crest toward Albuquerque.
Here’s a gratuitous picture of my bike.
This is the parking lot of the Mine Shaft Tavern in Madrid, New Mexico. This is the town that was the scene of “Wyld Hogs”.
New Mexico biker … (there’s great riding around here)
New Mexicans in the back yard …
Since we started working hard to make this move, Katie’s lost quite a bit of weight. She’s down to her high school weight now. Hardly any of her clothes fit. I’ve lost five to ten pounds myself, but I still have a good ten pounds I could lose and not miss at all.
Here’s a cool geometric view of our beautiful abode.
Our first UFO. We’ve been assured that we’re in the thick of UFO country. This object emerged in the sky over Albuquerque last evening while we were out on the patio. I know it wasn’t a star though. For one thing, as the sun dipped further behind the horizon, it changed from a stunningly bright white to an evening orange. Stars don’t do that - they’re not subject to optical effects of our atmosphere. Plus, is wasn’t round. This was the shape of a hot-air balloon, which I think it might have been. It was floating above the general area where Kirkland Air Force Base and Sandia National Labs are. I’m guessing some sort of balloon. It was neat though. I wanted to see it do some totally bizarre maneuver so I could be on the Discovery Channel giving my testimony about how this really did behave in a way that a human thing couldn’t!
We’ll just have to keep watching for those UFO’s.