Smoke in Albuquerque from the Arizona wildfire

An ominous view of the city with the sun still in the sky

Looking out to Albuquerque
A view of the mountains


Every night we have smoke carried by the wind from 200 miles away covering the city of Albuquerque and our Mountain. It has been better these past few days, and we have been able to keep our windows open. So far the fire is barely contained, hopefully we are not going to have a smokey summer!

Hiking the Crest Trail in the Sandia Mountains

A curved fossil in the rock
A view from the Crest
A stone shelter perched upon the peak
Such good hikers!
A view of the beautiful Sandia mountains with the Tram
Finding an injured swallow on the trail
My beautiful Husband
Taking a much needed break!


Went went up the Tram today to Sandia Peak, a little shy of 11,000 feet. The kids are getting to be better and better hikers and they did such a great job hiking for two hours on the Crest Trail. There was always something exciting for them to see, from an injured bird to fossil imprints in the rocks all around us. The views are amazing and the air was fabulous! We celebrated with lunch at the Highpoint Restaurant on top of the Peak.