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| You don't see a 1954 Vakashunette and a 1950 Hudson every day in a campground, unless you are on Route 66, that is! |
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| 1963 Winnebago "Dot . Boy, RV's sure have gotten bigger over the years!These are impeccably restored, and available for rent! |
Enchanted
Trails RV Park was a campground situated on old
Route 66. Not much more than a glorified parking lot, but this place was a hoot! Antique motorhomes were for rent and there
was an abundance of unusually old motorhomes and campers that were there as
guests. Our 6 year old motorhome was
probably the newest there!
We spent a quiet evening planning the next day’s
activities. A must see was the Scandia
Tramway, a gondola a 2.7 mile ride up to the crest of the Scandia Mountains;
the longest in the U.S. and ranking 3rd longest in the world. We also thought the best way to see
Albuquerque was to do a City Tour on an open bus with ABQ Trolley Company.
Saturday,
May 14th 2017
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| We spent a lovely 3 hours on ABQ Trolley's city tour |
We woke up to quite a bit of haze in the distant
mountains so in hopes of it burning off during the morning, we decided to grab
the first bus tour of the day. We
stopped at a farmers market, then headed to the Albuquerque Hotel to get the
bus.
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| With only one other passenger, it was almost like a private tour! |
Once again luck was with us, but certainly not for the
couple of guys who seem to own the trolley since there was only one other
person on board with us! We love not being in the midst of tourists, which is
why we try to pick the times most people are not at the big attractions.
Albuquerque has become well know for their movie
sets. Most recently, the Netflix series “Breaking
Bad” was made here, so that was of some interest to Norm and I. We drove around the city learning bits and
pieces of its history and culture.
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| We browsed a few little shops along an alley in the historic section |
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| Craftsmen had their wares spread out before them |
We got off the bus in a historic/tourist section and
had a pretty horrible yet expensive Mexican lunch, then headed for the Tram
while the weather was still good.
We got our tickets, glided up the beautiful
mountainside while taking a slew of pictures, braved the winds for perhaps 15
minutes, then went down.
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| The Scania tram took us up over 10,000 feet! This is the longest tram in the US, and the 3rd longest in the world! We would have loved to hike up there, but it was too windy and we were warned not to venture off incase they had to get us down in a hurry due to the winds. |
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| The view of the Scandia Mountains was disappointingly hazy, but still amazing. Oh, we sure love both heights and the mountains. |
Next stop was to get the car washed, so we figured the best place was at the scene of Breaking Bad’s frequently filmed ABC Car Wash. What an operation! You could have you car washed “self-serve” or get the works done, inside and out. I have never seen so many employees rushing everyone in and out of there. Very efficient.
By now it was after 6pm, so after a quick trip to Best
Buy for help with my cell phone, we drove to Nobb Hill for a great meal at a
place touted by the tour guides as “the best northern Italian in the city”.
There are many things to see and do here in
Alburqueque, and should I return ( the International Balloon fest is on my
bucket list ) I would like to stay for maybe 5 days.
