Today was a shit-ton of fun.

Today was a shit-ton of fun. We were up at 4 am because we have a friend visiting and TOOK HER ON A BALLOON RIDE. I'm exhausted and dusty so I'll try to keep this short.

The balloon ride was awesome. We didn't get to do the Splash 'n Dash on the Rio Grande this time, but that's how it is when you're at the mercy of the wind. On the bright side we did get to see our house. It's in the picture. 😁

As I tried to climb into the basket, I was like "Push my butt, Shaun!" and the pilot laughed. Shaun also had to help me get back out and that was pretty funny, too. Krystahl Roan has video of that. 😂😂😂 Husbang picked me a pretty flower after we landed. It was a gorgeous morning and we met some cool people. I also love the toast at the end of the ride.

After that, we had breakfast at Weck's and it was delicious as usual. Then we saw a gigantic penis lizard on a house. After that, we decided to head up to Sandia Peak. The tram was closed for maintenance, so we drove up. On the way up the mountain we saw lots of snow. When we got to the peak, it literally snowed on us! Krystahl was super excited about the snow. And we saw some deer on the way down.

After that, we went to see one of the Petroglyph monuments. We have a lot of inactive volcanoes around here and tons of lava rock, many of which have hundreds of years old drawings on them. It was really neat. And windy as fuck! I loved it! I think Krystahl was less impressed with the wind, but it is pretty typical for here - especially in the spring!

We went back to our house to dust off, regroup, and figure out dinner. We ended up going to Fuego505 where Krystahl and Shaun were served meat from a sword-sized skewer. Apparently it was good!

Here are a few photos, a video of the "daisy" at the top of our balloon, and a video of my face in the wind. We have tons more, but I don't want to bore ya - and like I said: I'm exhausted. I gotta rest up for tomorrow. We're going to the Badlands and I can't wait! ❤️

I just liked this view a lot

Lizard-penis hybrid house

Just a nice view with fellow travelers

Some more glyphs

Our house is in this photo.

My handsome husbang

My handsome husbang being snowed upon at Sandia Crest

Getting ready to stand the balloon up

A cactus plant I REALLY like

A shot of some of the glyphs with the rest of the hill we hiked

The "daisy" at the end of the balloon ride.

"Just a breezy day in New Mexico." 😂😂😂