We woke up to about 3" of snow on the ground and it was still snowing!! We put on the local TV to find check out the forecast and found out that Interstate 40 was closed from Albuquerque east all the way into Texas and had been since the middle of the night! Interstate 25 north from Albuquerque was closed in several places all the way to Santa Fe! Noel had turned on the "floor heat" last night so we were toasty warm inside as we watched the snow flakes fall!
The sun finally broke through the clouds around 9:30 and the snow stopped. Within an hour, the roads in the park were bare so we ventured out.
We headed to the Balloon Fiesta Park where FMCA's headquarters are to pick up our convention information package then went to the Balloon Museum. Albuqueque is home to the largest Balloon Festival each year and we found the museum to be very interesting with informtion about balloon travel from it's beginning in the early 1700's to the present. There were displays about hot air balloons and gas balloons, the use of balloons during WWII and weather balloons.
The CVC rally is officially over but Peter & Neida had arranged for a group dinner in the clubhouse again. Tonight, it was Paella - a New Mexico specialty featuring vegetables mixed with all kinds of seafood and chicken. It was delicious!
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