Albuquerque, Old Town, Conference Environs

and links to photos of the 2005 conference (some are gone)

Photos from 2006 Conference in Albuquerque

[Geri's photos... gone...]

Dan and Jocelyn Vilter's photos

Photoshop Version
Lightroom
Flash Gallery with slideshow option (might not load)

Those wanting to participate in this can make a free Flickr account and upload photos. Then you choose those to be shared with that list. Of if you have a Flickr photo album that's exclusively the Albuquerque Conference, I could link that directly, too.

Deeann's Pix on Photobucket Dodd Photos
Holly's photos of the dress-up funshop

Feel free to link from there if you want photos of your kids on blogs or wherever.

Blog entry with photos

Including Explora, picnic, and some of what they saw in Oklahoma on the way home.
just click "View Slideshow"

The link above is to the Wednesday post. From there you can go to "next" to get each day.

Kids at the dance

Conference Dance Fun

Funshops

Conference Colors

Other Conference Highlights

Check the blog entries for the end of September. There are three or four with lots of conference and New Mexico photos.

The moon will be full and waning through the conference, so don't forget to look up, especially those from lower, humid places. And try to see some sunsets. If there's a good one, don't hesitate to remind everyone to go and look. And with a ten-story hotel, there's a second chance to climb up and look at the sun go down AGAIN.

Photos of the hotel

Things within very close walking distance (links will be added when possible):

Old Town
the oldest part of Albuquerque (Here's a map.) Shops, restaurants, a plaza, historic church, music...

Albuquerque Museum
history and art, and there's a big sculpture garden outside you can see on the way to the playground at Tiguex park without going into the museum

National Atomic Museum
was on Kirtland Air Force base, until base access was limited a few years ago

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
dinosaurs, prehistoric this'n'that, geology, astronomy,

Explora!
hands-on science and children's museum
the photos at the website don't do it justice; it's wonderful
and it's closed for revamping during the conference. DARN!

PLAYGROUNDS

Tiguex Park, right across from every museum listed above
Explora has an outdoor playground for young children

VERY short driving distance (or taxi or longer walk):

Rio Grande Zoo

Albuquerque Aquarium and Bio Park

These are really close, but if a family walked, they'd be way too tired to walk back to the hotel, so I recommend an auto even though they're physically near.

Longer driving distance

HALF DAY:

Tramway to Sandia Crest (click on 'tramway' when that page opens), which can easly be done in just a couple of hours if you just want to go up, look around a bit and come back down (Mapquest says: 21 minutes, 15.08 miles)

Coronado State Monument , Small museum, archeological site, on the bank of the Rio Grande across from the town of Bernalillo, north of Albuquerque (Mapquest says 23 minutes, 21.10 miles)

ALL DAY:

Santa Fe , capital of New Mexico, 60 miles north, and while you could see the plaza and the Palace of the Governors in one day, if you want other museums it would probably take two days

This one is only 4.7 miles and less than 10 minutes away:
http://www.palisadesrvpark.com/

About 6.5 miles and 8 minutes away:
http://www.enchantedtrails.com/

9 miles and 11 minutes away:
http://www.americanrvpark.com

Isleta Lakes, no address, but this one looks about 10 miles away:
http://www.isletalakes.com/contact.html no website as of 2/06

KOA is 18.2 miles and 20 minutes away:
http://www.koa.com/where/NM/31120/