This is at the top of the Santa Fe ski area
Perfect snow for skiing
Sunset over Albuquerque at the top of Sandia Peak
Most of the time I spent away from home over the past few months has been due to work. Don’t get me wrong, I love to travel, but it gets a little old sometimes. Airports, fast food, hotels, boring government training, you can see how this would get old, right? I’m thankful for my job and for the most part I look forward to the travel. I have found that with a little extra effort its easy to make work travel a workation. Is that how you spell that (work + vacation)? Anyway, its good to have the opportunity to do that, but having a travel companion makes it better. I am even luckier in the fact that I have friends that will tag along with me on some of my more interesting travel destinations. On a recent training detail to Albuquerque I had the great pleasure of being joined by Shannon. WE HAD A BLAST. We left a few days before my training and went to Santa Fe and skied and enjoyed the local culture a bit. Great food, a perfect new 3 inches of New Mexico light and fluffy snow, and southwest scenery you just can’t beat.
Albuquerque itself ain’t to shabby. They have some good dinning options and some pretty cool outdoor stuff to do. While I was in class Shannon did lots of hiking around the Sandia Peak area and just exploring around. After class we went up on the Sandia Peak tramway, watched a great movie (Crazy Heart), and just plain old relaxed around the hotel. Before we left I decided I would try my hand at some snowboarding. I think I may be getting old because I hurt in places I didn’t even know I had for the next few days. The main difference from skiing is that both of your feet are locked together which doesn’t leave lots of room for a quick recovery. Easy things like getting off of the ski lift and getting up off the ground are fairly impossible. It is pretty dang fun however, and I think from now on I’ll snowboard when I have a chance and try to get good at it, or until my body just won’t take it anymore. Whichever comes first. Enjoy the pics
How we spent most of our time snowboarding
If your on your butt a lot, you might as well enjoy it.
