On my way (Albuquerque, Farmington: apartment, homes, land)

[ziaAirmac]

Fun! Safe travels and let us know if the locals can help out in anyway to soften your landing.

[joanie55]

Originally Posted by Fischer_girl

Christylou-
Hey! I just moved to Santa Fe from the midwest last week. *laughs* They are SOOO right about the moisturizers! Within two days of being here my lips were so chapped I didn't want to be seen in public!
Anyway. My only two words of advise. I never knew how often the wind blows here.... or I guess more in Co rather. A "high wind advisory" set our moving caravan back nearly a day because the winds were gusting at 60mph. Maybe you already knew that...had I known we woulda headed out earlier!
Also! Whatever you do...don't pull into town at dark. We got here around 1am and I feel, personally, that that made my transition as well as my North south east west orientation WAY off. One week later and I still feel like I'm driving N when Im really going S. Its a scary feeling and hard to shake off.
Otherwise...good luck! The weather is incredible here! Annnd..my hubby will be working in ABQ so you wont be the only new one to the area!

You are so right about both the wind and the disorientation at night. Those wind gusts used to almost blow me down on the street! Granted, I was thinner then. And people use the mountains as their sense of direction and you cant see them at night. Buy Alb is easy to find your way around in so it doesn't take long.

[christylou]

Originally Posted by RamblinRoseRanch

Good Luck. Oh. And I don't like you anymore for moving before me, but I think I told you that already :-)

I'll be crossing my fingers for ya on the job thing- I know how you feel about that.

Can't wait to read your next post on the matter....

"Sitting here on my front porch, enjoying the New Mexico sunshine....."

:-)

Oh, you will be here soon, don't worry. And, I still like you anyway.

[RamblinRoseRanch]

Okay, okay, I like you too. Good luck with the trip. Kiss those rainy skies goodbye!

[christylou]

Originally Posted by Fischer_girl

Christylou-
Hey! I just moved to Santa Fe from the midwest last week. *laughs* They are SOOO right about the moisturizers! Within two days of being here my lips were so chapped I didn't want to be seen in public!
Anyway. My only two words of advise. I never knew how often the wind blows here.... or I guess more in Co rather. A "high wind advisory" set our moving caravan back nearly a day because the winds were gusting at 60mph. Maybe you already knew that...had I known we woulda headed out earlier!
Also! Whatever you do...don't pull into town at dark. We got here around 1am and I feel, personally, that that made my transition as well as my North south east west orientation WAY off. One week later and I still feel like I'm driving N when Im really going S. Its a scary feeling and hard to shake off.
Otherwise...good luck! The weather is incredible here! Annnd..my hubby will be working in ABQ so you wont be the only new one to the area!

When I visted in December and then in June, I got lost during the day. I never did figure out which way was which. I had to ask some guy in a restaurant and he looked at me like I was stupid. Not stupid, just directionally challenged.
Congrats on the hubbies job!

[jghoo]

christylou, Welcome home. Moved here from Puyallup little over a yr ago. Weather is fantastic. The coffee is another story hehe.

[christylou]

Originally Posted by jghoo

christylou, Welcome home. Moved here from Puyallup little over a yr ago. Weather is fantastic. The coffee is another story hehe.

Thanks Jghoo. Welcome home is just what I am feeling. As for the coffee, I don't drink it anyway so no big deal. I know, I know, someone from Seattle that doesn't drink coffee, how odd. Can I bring you some?
We have 3 or 4 inches of snow this morning, freezing cold and wet. I can't wait to get out of here.

[berncohomes]

I bet you can't wait to get here - right now it is 64' in 87123 and rising, expecting 68' today and 74' this weekend.

Feel free to bring coffee but please leave the weather behind. =)

[WasSoggyInSeattle]

Have a terrific trip down and don't forget to look us up when you get in town - we are in Texas right now, whew the humidity, but will be back in NM in another week!! YEA!!!!! I miss it.

Good luck on the job... now if we could only find a couple!!!

[Towanda]

Coffee: I drink Thunderbolt coffee by Rio Grande Roasters in ABQ and I like it a lot.