Before we start touring Albuquerque, I wanted to show you the Passport America RV park we stayed at. The name is Enchanted Trails and it is just west of Albuquerque off I-10. It is a very nice park and very reasonable with Passport America Rates. I had to borrow some Internet photos as somehow Carolyn and I both missed getting some photos of the neat old RVs they have there. The office itself has been there since 1940 when it was a Trading Post.
And the area behind the office has some unique RVs. I never managed to get back into the office to see if they rented them out or they were just for display but it sure added to the Route 66 feel.
They even had appropriate cars to pull them parked there.
Worth a visit just to see the vintage trailers but we enjoyed our stay there as it was pretty quiet and very convenient for going in and out of town. You could take I-10 or Route 66. We did both.
After leaving the park in the morning, we headed east on Route 66 where we came upon the Singing Road.
This is marked but it is still not easy to find but we were determined so we turned around about three times before we finally found it.
There are grooves in the road right next to the white line and if you go at the right speed, you can definitely hear "America the Beautiful". Once we got it right, we had to do it again. You must drive the speed limit and be right on the grooves just inside the white lines but it really is neat.
Next we headed north to the Sandia Crest. This is actually part of the Turquoise Trail that we followed down from the north end to Madrid when we were in Santa Fe.
It is a beautiful drive and we have to break Carolyn in to these mountain roads that are so different from her swamps.
There were a number of small campgrounds for small rigs, no hookups.
The views were spectacular.
We even saw some wildlife along the way
Lots of hiking trails available.
The Ski Area was totaling empty of people.
On our way back down we saw this place. I have to admit that we did not go in but couldn't resist pictures of the outside area.
After we did the Sandia Crest, we did the northern route around Albuquerque to Sandia Peak.
Hmmm....do you suppose Big Foot was here?
Mary Jane and I were already very sure we weren't going to go up the mountain in the cable car but we would be more than happy to wait on Carolyn. They had displays of various kinds of chair lifts.
Can you imagine riding one of these while you worked on the chairlifts?
View out the windows looking up the mountain.
This is the actual cable car they use now...….still a no go for me.
We decided to sit out on the patio and have a drink.
Carolyn chose this one......darn, I was driving.
Posing on the chair firmly attached to the ground
Since we were on the north side of town, we decided to give the Coronado Monument. We tried the day we did the Petroglyphs but they were closed.
Apparently there has been some debate about whether Coronado was actually here.
But it appears to have been resolved.
The last tour was done but one of the docents was still there and offered to take us around.
I should mention that it was a scorcher outside.
Carolyn climbed up and then down inside this one but Mary Jane and I waited.....it was just too hot.
This building was open from the side so we could see what it was like inside.
After the outside tour, we checked out the museum inside.
Back at the RV park, we took a break and cooled off. Then we went to have dinner at a gas station that was highly recommended by another couple in the park. It was west on I-10 from the park and is very popular.
A leftover from the Route 66 day....the Laguna Burger.
They are world famous for their green chile cheeseburger.
Prices are very reasonable too. Carolyn opted for the full-on green chili burger but Mary Jane and I opted to leave the chili off.
There are tons of souvenirs available too.
The burgers were huge so some went home with us.
Check this place out if you are in the area, you won't regret it!
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