Day 15 – State Fair Tonight!!!

We left our Hilton (pictured, best room so far) and made the short drive down from Santa Fe to Albuquerque in about an hour and a half. First stop today was at the Albuquerque Balloon Museum. ABQ is home to a gigantic hot air balloon festival in about 2 weeks and we couldn’t work it in to our schedule so the museum was the next best opportunity. The museum was a hit with interesting exhibits including a simulator of balloon flying. I was decent, only missing my target slightly both times. It was tricky as you have to steer using air currents at different altitudes.

We are both big fans of “In Plain Sight”, so we then drove by their headquarters as seen on TV. In person, it isn’t very impressive.

I’m publishing this early as we are headed out to the New Mexico State Fair. The temperature in ABQ is 91 so we are going to wait until around 5 pm to go. We are looking forward to the foods at the fair. Jeanne wants to try the Frito Pie if they have it. We also have tickets for the rodeo tonight and the Mark Chesnutt concert following. Mark Chesnutt is a country singer probably best known for “Bubba Shot The Jukebox,” so that will give you some idea of what type of night it will be.