Today was suppose to be a very windy day (again) so when we woke up a little before 7 a.m., we just got up and got going. By 8 a.m. the wind had started up with gusto. We were done at the dump station by 8:30 a.m. and on the road. The trip to Albuquerque was uneventful and we were helped by a tailwind.
The directions to Balloon Fiesta Park was a little off and we missed one turn. We went down the wrong road for a few miles and then turned around. We drove past this Mexican restaurant called El Pinto that had a large parking lot. I told John we would need to try them before we left the area. We got to the Rally area promptly at the designated time of 1 p.m. We've got to give the Rally volunteers credit in their parking organization. It was amazing how they worked everyone in from two different roads. We will put a picture on the blog in a day or two as to what the park looks like from a good vantage point we found. The number of rigs is amazing and everyone isn't here yet as the Rally officially starts on Friday.
We got set up and caught the shuttle over to the Expo (their fairgrounds) where we completed our registration process for the Good Sam Rally. We can either drive ourselves to the Expo where the vendors are and where seminars will be held or the Rally also has provided buses to take us over to the Expo that run every 20 minutes. That is very nice so we don't have to deal with traffic if we don't want too. There will also be evening entertainment here at the park each evening starting tonight. For those who are John and my ages or older , they will recognize the names of the entertainment . . . more to follow on this subject later.
We were starving after we got back to the rig so we decided to go out to dinner and stop at the grocery store. We stopped at El Pinto and found the place to be terrific. It was a very good decision. John said he wouldn't mind going back before we leave if that tells you anything. John stopped in the restroom on the way out which gave me an opportunity to look at some pictures on the wall. They had pictures of Mel Gibson, Barack Obama, and Senator McCain with Gov. Sarah Palin (taken while they were vote stumping) . We thought that was pretty cool.
It was nice to get home, get groceries put away (found a REAL grocery store . . . it was wonderful), and settled in to watch Idol and read over the information regarding the Rally's seminars and such.
Hope everyone got their taxes done and in the mail!
The directions to Balloon Fiesta Park was a little off and we missed one turn. We went down the wrong road for a few miles and then turned around. We drove past this Mexican restaurant called El Pinto that had a large parking lot. I told John we would need to try them before we left the area. We got to the Rally area promptly at the designated time of 1 p.m. We've got to give the Rally volunteers credit in their parking organization. It was amazing how they worked everyone in from two different roads. We will put a picture on the blog in a day or two as to what the park looks like from a good vantage point we found. The number of rigs is amazing and everyone isn't here yet as the Rally officially starts on Friday.
We got set up and caught the shuttle over to the Expo (their fairgrounds) where we completed our registration process for the Good Sam Rally. We can either drive ourselves to the Expo where the vendors are and where seminars will be held or the Rally also has provided buses to take us over to the Expo that run every 20 minutes. That is very nice so we don't have to deal with traffic if we don't want too. There will also be evening entertainment here at the park each evening starting tonight. For those who are John and my ages or older , they will recognize the names of the entertainment . . . more to follow on this subject later.
We were starving after we got back to the rig so we decided to go out to dinner and stop at the grocery store. We stopped at El Pinto and found the place to be terrific. It was a very good decision. John said he wouldn't mind going back before we leave if that tells you anything. John stopped in the restroom on the way out which gave me an opportunity to look at some pictures on the wall. They had pictures of Mel Gibson, Barack Obama, and Senator McCain with Gov. Sarah Palin (taken while they were vote stumping) . We thought that was pretty cool.
It was nice to get home, get groceries put away (found a REAL grocery store . . . it was wonderful), and settled in to watch Idol and read over the information regarding the Rally's seminars and such.
Hope everyone got their taxes done and in the mail!
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