Riding in Albuquerque

As we were preparing our bikes for this morning’s ride, we saw several hot air balloons floating overhead. Someday we would like to come to the Balloon Festival held in October.

We rode 30.59 miles through the Rio Grande’s cottonwood bosque (forest). Bill was disappointed at the size and waters of the Rio Grande River. He said, “back home I’d call this a crik!” There was hardly any water in the “river” and what there was, was very dirty.

Well, we’ve done it. New Mexico is now checked off the list. Just 47 states to go!!

Since we have done most everything in Albuquerque we had planned on doing this trip, and it’s only 11:00a, we decided to head on back to Phoenix this afternoon. As we were leaving New Mexico for Phoenix we saw this very interesting sign explaining the New Mexico symbol:

You’ll never guess what we found when we arrived back in Phoenix. When we unloaded our bikes we discovered Sue’s front tire was flat. A “souvenir thorn” had accompanied us home!

With wonderful memories and hundreds of photos to remind us of our first 50-in-50 Challenge adventures, we are glad to be home! Time to start planning the next trip!