Today was a light touring day. In the morning we took the Sandia Peak Tramway to the top of the Sandia mountain overlooking Albuquerque. They claim to be the world’s longest aerial tramway and it is 15 minute ride, but we think there must surely be some longer ones in Europe. In Spanish, sandía means watermelon and the Spanish named the mountain that as it has a pink glow at dusk. We looked tonight and it really did.
The peak is 10,348 feet and it rises to a great height over Albuquerque. The views of the city were spectacular. You can see more than 100 miles in the distance.
After that we went to the Old Town which dates back to 1706 and we had lunch in a building that dates back to that period. Of course the big question here is which is better – red or green chilies. It is almost a religious debate. We had tried green a couple of times earlier and today we tried red. In the picture you see sopapillas in the foreground and a Navaho frybread taco with red sauce. My vote is for the green and Jeanne liked them too, but they were just a little too hot for her. By the way, the sopapillas were excellent with honey. You just can’t seem to get good ones outside of Texas or New Mexico.
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