Albuquerque, New Mexico

We got up real early so that we could be at the park to see the Dawn Patrol.  By real early I mean that we were at the park before 6:00am.  Breakfast consisted of an orange juice and a deep fried sausage covered in pancake batter.  It was so good.  The morning’s events started with the Dawn Patrol.  That is when they send up only a couple of balloons to see how the winds are.  After the Dawn Patrol, it was the Wells Fargo Special Shape Mass Ascension and the Key Grab Competition.  The balloons reminded me of bubbles just floating in the sky.

Since Friday night happened to be a full moon, we decided to go to the White Sands National Monument in Alamogordo, New Mexico.  Patti Rueffer told us about this place.  The sand is very fine and it looks like baby powder from a distance.  We just happened to arrive at the park, just as the sun was setting.  We did get a few pictures before the moon came out and lit up the entire park.  It was as if it was daylight again.  We did encounter an unexpected visitor, a very large spider.  We were sitting on the sand waiting for the moon to appear when Karen accidently spilled her pop.  Then out of nowhere, the spider appeared.