Ha, no snow in Albuquerque??

As I said we ran from Silver City back up to Albuquerque, actually Bernalillo where we always stay.  We had a beautiful day to drive north, even went by the VLA, the Very Large Array, a huge radio telescope.  Miles of the road we took were straight as a die.

The Very Large Array

Pretty straight, huh?

We got tucked in at our campground, spent a non eventful night, and then came the winds.  20-30 mph with much higher gusts!  We were a rocking and a rolling, thankfully we were a bit protected in the campground.  Then came the rain, which turned to sleet, the temps kept dropping and finally to all snow, no it wasn't predicted.  We holed up for about 24 hours inside as it was too miserable to go out.  But still better than Silver City as they had accumulating snow with even higher winds, no thanks.

We got a chance to have dinner with Nancy and CT, and another nice visit with Vivian before we headed east to Lubbock for Thanksgiving at our daughter Kelly's.  The wind was still blowing 20-30 as we drove east, and of course at right angle to our direction.  Our coach is heavy enough that it isn't bothered too much, but it does take some extra effort. Our view of the Sandias as we left town.

A good time to leave

We even encountered more snow along the road as we drove.

But it is much lower in Lubbock (3255') than Albuquerque (about 5500') and we finally got too warm for snow:)  

So now we are here for 9 days, through Thanksgiving.  It will be nice to spend the holiday with Kelly, Todd, Faith, and Christian, and even our son, Jason is flying in.  We'll miss the farm for the holiday, but I'm sure we'll have a great time.