Hey, Thanks! Good to hear from people who actually live there.

While we are in ABQ we will be staying at the Hotel Albuquerque. We will be mucho busy hanging with old friends and learning stuff, so we won't be able to ride much. I know that several of the conference attendees will be there over that prior weekend, too. So if I arrive in ABQ early I (and especially my son) will be SOOO tempted to hang with them instead of seeing something I want to see, which is Santa Fe. Can you imagine hauling bikes for 800 miles and then not riding them?! So we're kind of killing two birds by going to Santa Fe first.

It's kind of like sneaking back to your home town and not telling anyone you're there for the first 3 days.

The folks in ABQ who are helping with the conference are doing a good job about warning about drinking water, the lack of humidity, etc. I didn't know the Sangre de Cristo mountains would be so high, so that IS good to know. I'm also learning that I do need to pack clothes for layering. It will be hard to find room in the Beetle for more clothes!

I checked the weather data for September, and it is similar to our May or June, average temp-wise, but the lows are more like my visits to Vermont. (brrr) Of course we have killer humidity in Arkansas. I LOVE low humidity, but it will still be an adjustment for me.

I *will* try to get the bike out in ABQ during the conference, even if the boy won't go with me, but I'll probably just stay on the roads that I can take from the hotel. Insight for that would be great!

Thanks!
Karen