Albuquerque bound and the first of 7 days "dry camping.

Note # 1: Don't start gloating about no snow too soon. After leaving Gallup this morning we had still not seen the predicted snow.

Gallup was an interesting little town that was primarily Native American craft shops and artist gallery of native American art. The difference between the galleries and the craft shops was the price. Unfortunately for the economics of the city, neither had many customers resulting an excellent customer services if you walked in. There was beautiful woven blankets, jewelry or silver and turquoise, and dolls. We also went in to a shop that was also a pawn shop and watched a transaction between the owner and a customer where $12 was paid for three sets of handcrafted earrings that sold for $20 or $30.00 each in the glass display. Many people are disparate for money.

Gallup is at about 5000 feet above sea level. Before descending into Albuquerque we would go up to about 7000 feet and then down to our destination. We noticed a dark cloud chasing us from the west and decided to "out run it. We didn't. The picture of us posing at the continental divide was skip in favor of getting back down the mountain before the snow started sticking. We did. We are now at our overnight parking spot awaiting the convoy to Balloon Park tomorrow morning. We will be joining 1 to 2 thousand other RV Motor Homes for a rally and Expo. Sue is in charge of Steve's wallet.

Another great day is right around the corner!