Albuquerque - Wow!

Today we leave Albuquerque en route to Moab but just have to say that our time in Albuquerque was an unexpected delight. 

We can't thank Kris and Jan enough for the incredible hospitality. They took us through the Breaking Bad hot spots, showed us the balloon fiesta park, shared a couple of thier favorite eateries, and made some must see recommendations that were amazing. 

Kris and Jan at El Pinto

Some of the famous Breaking Bad sites. Can you identify them?

(Note in that last pic the current owner was yelling at us to move on)

We also got to see where the world famous Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is held. Imagine this view of 500 balloons 

We closed out our time with Kris and Jan at a wonderful micro brew (Steel Benders - in a restored / converted steel yard) for some incredible brews and burgers.

One of their recommendations for us was to take the train to Santa Fe. This train has double decker observation cars and the line goes through a reservation that you can't access any other way. In fact the train conductor announced that taking pictures while crossing the reservation was prohibited. And best of all, a day pass ticket was only 6$ pp.

Since this is already long and we have much more to show, I am going to end this post here and continue in a couple to follow where we go through Santa Fe, old town Albuquerque, and some of the most incredible scenery you will ever see as we hiked the trails of Sandia Peak at well over 10k feet  

Thanks again to Kris and Jan. We hope to see you on the road along one of our... Next Hundred Miles