We've been packing in the experiences here on our last days in Albuquerque. We accidently found a new park while in route to another place. The kids loved the "spider web" climber made out of red rope. Check out the neat pictures. Friday we went to Casa San Ysidro, a beautiful authentic adobe home run by the Abq Museum. Natalie has been reading the American Girl Books, specifically the ones about Josefina who lived in the New Mexico territory in the 1800s, so this place was like the book came alive to her. I loved the family altar/shrine area and the amazing apricot trees, esp. the one in the picture that is growing sideways and needs a support to keep it up. Oliver and Natalie loved the ant hill that they found in the courtyard as much as anything. On the way home we saw some sheep taking a nap by the road. Saturday we finally made it to the Pueblo Cultural Center and enjoyed watching the Zuni Bear Dance group as well as a weaver weaving belts. On Saturday afternoon we revisited the Explora Children's Museum and said goodbye to our friend Joe Martinez, my Dad's buddy from his Air Force days. Today we enjoyed the Living Sea movie in the Dynatheater (IMAX) and a Planetarium show. Then we went Letterboxing in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains. We had to hike through a desert trail and down an arroyo and find the box under some scrub oaks. We were excited to find it and there was a "hitchiker" inside to boot! Then we tried to go up the Sandia Tramway, but it was too windy and had to close for the day. On to a park close to our apartment where we found a letterbox easily by a cedar tree at a playground (hence the picture of Natalie in front of the tree). We made a point to take pictures of our last sunset of Albuquerque and I celebrated by trying to fly a kite in the crazy winds. The kids danced in the arroyo and we took pictures of all the tumbleweeds. Enjoy!
