Shoot we may be around there next October for the ballon festival .... sweet. Hey you ever go to the ballon festival? Is it worth going?It's the East Fork of the Jemez River, near the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Shoot we may be around there next October for the ballon festival .... sweet. Hey you ever go to the ballon festival? Is it worth going?It's the East Fork of the Jemez River, near the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Shoot we may be around there next October for the ballon festival .... sweet. Hey you ever go to the ballon festival? Is it worth going?
Thanks a bunch for your input and advice ..... this is a wifey thang (if you know what I mean). She booked the hotel last fall - got a great deal $99.00 and we are driving. We don’t mind the crowds but the traffic your describing is a huge downside. With this Coronavirus thing who knows if it will even happen. Time will tell. Thanks again man.I went this year. It isn't my thing. A ton of people and traffic. It is kind of neat, but there's a lot of hassle and expense.
Paid $350 to stay in a hampton inn in Albuquerque so that I could wake up a 4am and sit in bumper to bumper traffic for a hour just to drive the 6 miles to the balloon park and stand with 200,000 other people in the 20 degree morning to watch ballons take off? I'll pass next year.
Sorry if that just turned you off to it. You should totally go if you like big festival environments. A lot of people I know love it and go every year. I don't like that sort of thing. Hell, I lived in New York state for 7 years and never even went to New York City because I don't like big cities and crowds.
Also, start looking for flights and hotels now...
Thanks a bunch for your input and advice ..... this is a wifey thang (if you know what I mean). She booked the hotel last fall - got a great deal $99.00 and we are driving. We don’t mind the crowds but the traffic your describing is a huge downside. With this Coronavirus thing who knows if it will even happen. Time will tell. Thanks again man.
That's such pretty country. Have you fished there much before?
Thinking of you exploring New Mexico reminded me of an Orvis Fly Fishing Guide podcast from a few years back. I'm not sure how close the guy being interviewed (Doc Thompson) is to you, but from my perspective in South Dakota he sounds like your next-door neighbor.Just since last year, but its my go-to place since it's close and access is so easy. I need to do some exploring this year. There are so many good streams within an hour or two's drive.
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