Albuquerque in 2006!! - Page 5

Tonchi · 02-23-2006, 01:42 AM

And I was doing that in reverse, following Spring up the hill from Albuquerque to the mountains above Denver, where the wildflowers were just beginning to peek out of the snow in July

Happy Monkey · 02-23-2006, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marichiko

Does Santa Fe even have a ski slope anymore?

Yeah, I skid (sp?) there last year. I don't ski often, so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but I thought it was pretty good.

FallenFairy · 02-23-2006, 07:45 AM

Mari... who told you I had a tail??

lol
You are right on about the Metro in DC - although I will miss the people here I definitely will not miss the idiots on the road (apologies to all Cellarites in the DC area!)

And Happy Monkey is head on about snow here - what insanity!! Starvation, impending doom and the possibility that the wolves will come into the town and carry off the children... all for an inch of snow... what a riot!

I am looking forward to the hiking, skiing and such... prefer the great outdoors... and NM seems to have some exotic allure - (or maybe that's the peyote calling??

LOL)

Tonchi · 02-23-2006, 03:03 PM

FF, the drivers in NM are considerably worse than those of DC, so drive forewarned. The problem has always been too few people to rate the kind of Highway Patrol coverage necessary to keep any laws enforced once you get off the Interstates. At best, you can say they are courteous and apologize after hitting you, at worst you would have to say they are oblivious to everything around them. At least since the times I first drove in NM they have fenced a lot of the range along the highways. You used to have to share them with cows and horses, and everybody used to have a story about "the time I hit a cow on Highway 44". In fact, there used to be a bumper sticker that said "Pray For Me, I Drive NM44". As per the Law of The West, you had to pay the owner of the cow and have it hauled away. Inmates at the prisons always ate very well

Hiking is definitely one of the best things about the state. There really is a lot to do on the "back side" of the Sandias, where there are mountain sheep, wetlands, and several climate zones. The Jemez and the area north of Santa Fe can be very primitive and has lots of Indian ruins and abandoned cabins to check out. Taos area has canyons and hot springs, and the Jicarilla and Cloudcroft reservations have many wilderness areas that they maintain for the tourists and hunters. You can find out anything you need to know by asking around at the University, where you will see as many hiking boots as cowboy boots

xoxoxoBruce · 02-23-2006, 05:55 PM

The difference between AZ drivers and DC drivers is in AZ they have a running start at you.

Tonchi · 02-23-2006, 09:15 PM

When I was going to move to AZ, a friend cautioned me that half the drivers on the road there were drunk and the other half were senile. He called the Caddies and Lincolns "motorized wheelchairs" and warned me that snowbirds in their RVs need all 3 lanes to turn a corner and have no idea where to find the turn signals

I guess every state has its own brand of road hazzards.

wolf · 02-24-2006, 12:45 AM

Here in Pennsylvania our most significant road hazard is People from Maryland.

#2 is potholes.

FallenFairy · 02-24-2006, 05:50 AM

LOL - Wolf - I grew up in the South Hills area outside of Pittsburgh - I swear there is still one pothole on Rt. 51 that's been there since I was a teen! LOL I come back to visit that pothole every so often.

xoB - Obviously you've been here in DC.

ferret88 · 02-24-2006, 09:19 AM

Tonchi -

Perhaps you are right that I don't know what "Albuquerque is all about." Not sure what you mean by that. I have lived here all my 36 years so maybe the novelty has kinda worn off by now. Of the other places I've visited, only Kauai has a greater interest to me than Albuquerque.

My information about the Sandia ski area is based on what I've heard just about ALL skiiers I know say. I am not a skiier. The only time I went skiing was at Sandia. In April. (Someone ELSE paid for it, so I can't complain much.) I hear it IS indeed great for beginners. But the general concensus is that ANYwhere else in the state has better skiing.

ferret88 · 02-24-2006, 09:27 AM

FF -

Tonchi is correct. The drivers here ARE bad. Aggressive driving is the norm. We're almost like Idaho with a "WHAT speedlimit?" attitude.

I'm surprised, since we're on the topic of driving in NM, that no one has brought up the NM state plant, the ORange Barrel. I don't think you can drive more than half a mile without seeing a stand of these things. The government around here feels the need to tear up roads allthedamntime. Same road they fixed/repaved two years ago gets it again now. Currently they're wasting taxpayer dollars on "beautification" projects which lately have included gigantic pots with "Native American" designs on them for the medians of the highways.

FallenFairy · 02-24-2006, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferret88

FF -I'm surprised, since we're on the topic of driving in NM, that no one has brought up the NM state plant, the Orange Barrel.

LMAO!!

Once I get there I will suggest that they combine the orange barrels AND the Indian painted big planters - how sweet is THAT?? Utility AND beautification....think of all the state funds that could be saved!

02-24-2006, 09:59 AM

Albuquerque seems to be growing at an alarming rate. When I drove through there last spring I was deeply impressed by all the orange barrels. I had been camped down in Chaco Canyon which has REALLY changed, by the way, and was driven out by the high winds in advance of a coming spring storm. The sand blowing across and piling up on I-25 in town was a sight to behold. I noticed those Indian design things you mentioned, too, Ferret. The traffic between Santa Fe and Alb was also impressive to me since I hadn't driven that stretch in 10 years or so and was stunned by all the new growth along that corridor of the I.

ferret88 · 02-24-2006, 11:24 AM

mari -

Yes, ABQ is growing quite fast. Mostly to the west, but some to the north and south. And now that they cleaned up "The Big I" we seem to have a lot more traffic.

ferret88 · 02-24-2006, 11:24 AM

And, YES, I know we don't have traffic compared to LA metro area or DC metro area. It's just more than we've had in the past.

FallenFairy · 02-24-2006, 11:43 AM

a good friend sez..... rocks + highway traffic in NM = cracked windshields. they claim that NM is the cracked windshield capitol of the US....

I don't mind that ALB is growing... just so it doesn't grow tooooo fast. I am so looking forward to getting there... the house is lovely that I have chosen, a stucco 2 story in a cul-de-sac with a big back yard... I hear the school system is very good...
Ferret! Can I ask what schools you went to??

02-23-2006, 01:42 AM	#61
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	And I was doing that in reverse, following Spring up the hill from Albuquerque to the mountains above Denver, where the wildflowers were just beginning to peek out of the snow in July __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

02-23-2006, 07:45 AM	#63
FallenFairy nope Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322	Mari... who told you I had a tail?? lol You are right on about the Metro in DC - although I will miss the people here I definitely will not miss the idiots on the road (apologies to all Cellarites in the DC area!) And Happy Monkey is head on about snow here - what insanity!! Starvation, impending doom and the possibility that the wolves will come into the town and carry off the children... all for an inch of snow... what a riot! I am looking forward to the hiking, skiing and such... prefer the great outdoors... and NM seems to have some exotic allure - (or maybe that's the peyote calling?? LOL) __________________ ~going, going... gone now

02-23-2006, 03:03 PM	#64
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	FF, the drivers in NM are considerably worse than those of DC, so drive forewarned. The problem has always been too few people to rate the kind of Highway Patrol coverage necessary to keep any laws enforced once you get off the Interstates. At best, you can say they are courteous and apologize after hitting you, at worst you would have to say they are oblivious to everything around them. At least since the times I first drove in NM they have fenced a lot of the range along the highways. You used to have to share them with cows and horses, and everybody used to have a story about "the time I hit a cow on Highway 44". In fact, there used to be a bumper sticker that said "Pray For Me, I Drive NM44". As per the Law of The West, you had to pay the owner of the cow and have it hauled away. Inmates at the prisons always ate very well Hiking is definitely one of the best things about the state. There really is a lot to do on the "back side" of the Sandias, where there are mountain sheep, wetlands, and several climate zones. The Jemez and the area north of Santa Fe can be very primitive and has lots of Indian ruins and abandoned cabins to check out. Taos area has canyons and hot springs, and the Jicarilla and Cloudcroft reservations have many wilderness areas that they maintain for the tourists and hunters. You can find out anything you need to know by asking around at the University, where you will see as many hiking boots as cowboy boots __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

02-23-2006, 05:55 PM	#65
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The difference between AZ drivers and DC drivers is in AZ they have a running start at you. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-23-2006, 09:15 PM	#66
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	When I was going to move to AZ, a friend cautioned me that half the drivers on the road there were drunk and the other half were senile. He called the Caddies and Lincolns "motorized wheelchairs" and warned me that snowbirds in their RVs need all 3 lanes to turn a corner and have no idea where to find the turn signals I guess every state has its own brand of road hazzards. __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

02-24-2006, 12:45 AM	#67
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Here in Pennsylvania our most significant road hazard is People from Maryland. #2 is potholes. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-24-2006, 05:50 AM	#68
FallenFairy nope Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322	LOL - Wolf - I grew up in the South Hills area outside of Pittsburgh - I swear there is still one pothole on Rt. 51 that's been there since I was a teen! LOL I come back to visit that pothole every so often. xoB - Obviously you've been here in DC. __________________ ~going, going... gone now

02-24-2006, 09:19 AM	#69
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	Tonchi - Perhaps you are right that I don't know what "Albuquerque is all about." Not sure what you mean by that. I have lived here all my 36 years so maybe the novelty has kinda worn off by now. Of the other places I've visited, only Kauai has a greater interest to me than Albuquerque. My information about the Sandia ski area is based on what I've heard just about ALL skiiers I know say. I am not a skiier. The only time I went skiing was at Sandia. In April. (Someone ELSE paid for it, so I can't complain much.) I hear it IS indeed great for beginners. But the general concensus is that ANYwhere else in the state has better skiing.

02-24-2006, 09:27 AM	#70
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	FF - Tonchi is correct. The drivers here ARE bad. Aggressive driving is the norm. We're almost like Idaho with a "WHAT speedlimit?" attitude. I'm surprised, since we're on the topic of driving in NM, that no one has brought up the NM state plant, the ORange Barrel. I don't think you can drive more than half a mile without seeing a stand of these things. The government around here feels the need to tear up roads allthedamntime. Same road they fixed/repaved two years ago gets it again now. Currently they're wasting taxpayer dollars on "beautification" projects which lately have included gigantic pots with "Native American" designs on them for the medians of the highways.

02-24-2006, 09:59 AM	#72
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Albuquerque seems to be growing at an alarming rate. When I drove through there last spring I was deeply impressed by all the orange barrels. I had been camped down in Chaco Canyon which has REALLY changed, by the way, and was driven out by the high winds in advance of a coming spring storm. The sand blowing across and piling up on I-25 in town was a sight to behold. I noticed those Indian design things you mentioned, too, Ferret. The traffic between Santa Fe and Alb was also impressive to me since I hadn't driven that stretch in 10 years or so and was stunned by all the new growth along that corridor of the I.

02-24-2006, 11:24 AM	#73
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	mari - Yes, ABQ is growing quite fast. Mostly to the west, but some to the north and south. And now that they cleaned up "The Big I" we seem to have a lot more traffic.

02-24-2006, 11:43 AM	#75
FallenFairy nope Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322	a good friend sez..... rocks + highway traffic in NM = cracked windshields. they claim that NM is the cracked windshield capitol of the US.... I don't mind that ALB is growing... just so it doesn't grow tooooo fast. I am so looking forward to getting there... the house is lovely that I have chosen, a stucco 2 story in a cul-de-sac with a big back yard... I hear the school system is very good... Ferret! Can I ask what schools you went to?? __________________ ~going, going... gone now

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