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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Our Drive to Sandia Crest, East of Albuquerque, New Mexico





Today's drive is on the
Sandia Crest National
Scenic Byway.





The first of the hair pin turns
we are driving today.







Eric and I love driving twisting turning roads for different reasons.  Eric loves negotiating the curves and hair pin turn.  This is his version of Le Mans and I love watching him enjoying the drive.  Me, I love the changing terrain and capturing the experience to revisit over and over again.






We are driving through the
Cibola National Forest.




Sandia Crest is part of the








A snow plow clears
the road.





is currently closed.






We are currently at
9,999 feet above
sea level.





Snow clings to the
pine trees. 





10,004 feet above sea level...

We're almost at the crest,
10,378 feet.







Radio towers are perched at
the peak of the mountain.











Sledding on the Sandia
Crest House driveway











Albuquerque lies below in
this shot from Sandia
Crest House.











The Sandia Peak Ski
Area from above....










Mountains stretch out
before us.





Another shot from
Sandia Crest House




On our way down the mountain,
I take more pictures of
snow laden trees.





Eric pulled to the side of the
road so I could get this
photo.






The Sandia Crest National Scenic Byway is a beautiful drive!  We drove in the snow for the first and maybe only time this year.

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