We are now New Mexicans. We moved out on Sept 29 and got to New Mexico on Oct 1st. our stuff didn't arrive for about 4 days, so we camped out in the front room all together for a few nights. The kids loved wandering around checking out the closets and the upstairs.
We moved right as the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta was going on. It is the world's premier hot air balloon event. We got up ridiculously early on Saturday, Oct 9th and headed to Balloon Fiesta park. There was definitely traffic, but we figured that we planned it just about perfect (not too early, so we didn't have to stand around in the frigid air for too long, but just in time to get a little snack and find a place to stand to watch the balloons take off). It was pretty awesome! Nathan was a little sad at first (I think he was cold and not quite adjusted to the whole move yet), but he eventually came around and had fun pulling the wagon that we rented. We got to stand right there on the field with all of the balloons that are taking off all around. We saw fun-shaped balloons (Darth Vader, SpongeBob, a GIANT cow, the Wells Fargo Wagon and lots more). There were about 500 balloons that took off that morning. On our way back to the car we stopped and petted the police horses that were all over the park. Nathan thought this was pretty great. Well worth the wee early hours.
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