New Mexico - Odds and Ends

Some odds and ends from our family time in New Mexico:

Really wish they had these on the east coast.

Lee and I stayed a really cool, historic hotel in downtown Albuquerque.

White Sands National Park

New Mexico has two national parks and with both of them about the same distance from Albuquerque, we had to choose only one to visit while we were there. White Sands won, of course! We got up super early on Sunday morning and made the three hour drive there, making it early enough to beat most of the crowds and so that it was not too hot to enjoy. We hiked a few different trails and took in all the beauty, checking another national park off of our list.

6am start, armed with Starbucks.

Petroglyphs and El Morro

When we moved Elizabeth to New Mexico, we were there for Memorial Day weekend and we wanted to make sure that we took time to take in some of the national monuments in the area. On Saturday, we spent time at Petroglyphs National Monument and El Morro National Monument. In hindsight, we should have gone to El Morro in the morning because we enjoyed it so much and would have loved to have spent more time there.  

Road Trippin'

In mid May, a few days after Elizabeth graduated from the University of New Haven, she packed up her new car and she and Lee headed off to New Mexico.  They drove to Columbus, Ohio the first night; St. Louis, Missouri the second night; and Amarillo, Texas the third night; finally arriving in Albuquerque on the morning of their fourth day of driving. Emily and I tracked them as they drove and then hopped a flight to Albuquerque on Friday morning to meet them. We spent the weekend moving Elizabeth into her temporary home and becoming more familiar with the area. Lee and Elizabeth really enjoyed their drive - both the chance to bond and the chance to see the country. 

View from her new place.