Looking for recommendations on commuting from Corrales.... (Albuquerque, Alamo: home, movies)

[berncohomes]

Rich - how long would your wife's commute take if she just took I-25?

[rybert]

They just finished the new bridge @ I-40 and San Mateo, maybe that will help to get the blood flowing.

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by berncohomes

Rich - how long would your wife's commute take if she just took I-25?

She has not been on the Big I since they re-opened it about 5 years ago?

But her commute takes her about 7 miles into KAFB which would add at least 10 minutes.

But when I would go to the hospital, I seem to recall it was 45 minutes or less either way. (I use to write down the times and distances) (I've been here 10 years).

My wife and I are conservative drivers....



Rich

[ziaAirmac]

I hear the arguments toward commute minimization. I'm a big fan myself and have recommended it often. I just have two girls to put through school. Corrales elementary is one of the highest ranked in the ABQ metro, and the 'Bosque' school is nearby. The south valley is, well... the south valley. Great properties there. We've looked. We can buy more than we need with no issues. Just got a nice character shot of the nearest gas station social scene and pictured my girls at barely driving age stopping by for a fill up.

Rybert, we're in Hoffmantown now, near Wyoming/Menaul. I did far into Corrales (north of village proper) to the VA (Corrales rd>2nd st>Paseo del Norte>I-25>Gibson>VA) in just over a half hour starting at 8am on Monday without getting stupid. Haven't tried Mike Horrell's route, but sounds plausible. It would cut out the whole Alameda/2nd/4th mess at least.

Obviously there's a lot of this that needs to be solved on my end, but what I'm getting from the replies is there's no magic route I'm missing. It's across town and the river no matter how you slice it.

Thanks to those that took the time to chime.

[Eirerogue]

Just relocated recently from Corrales to CA.

Commuting from the Village is easy and easiER if you don't have to drive through the Village morning and evenings. That 30mph speed limit IS enforced with radar!!

[trailtramp]

Take the helipad on top of the Intel building and fly as crow goes down to airport area. Any other way across the river will take nearly an hour.

I'd go for bosque closer to central Abq than deal with that drive to Corrales every day.

[ohyes]

theres a river in Albuquerque??

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by ohyes

theres a river in Albuquerque??

Yes, the Rio Grande. Also known as the Río Bravo (or, more formally, the Río Bravo del Norte) in Mexico and is 1,885 miles long, is the fourth longest river system in the United States and serves as a natural boundary along the border between the U.S. state of Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas.

Don't you watch cowboy movies?

Rich

[ohyes]

Poncho

Just teasing about the River! Had to bring it up. Some friends of mine were in town last week and we went across the River. Thought he was going to choke laughing so hard. They are from Ohio and have a summer home on the Ohio River, house boats barges.

[mortimer]

ohyes related:

> ... friends of mine were in town last week ... Thought he
> was going to choke laughing so hard. They are from Ohio ...

Your friends have no historical or geographical perspective.

When the Rio Grande was first named, it was a wild river and not tapped continually along the way such that it flowed sometimes 10x what we are used to seeing in there now.

Also, when traversing miles and miles of open desert, any reliable flowing water is significant. Back in those days, it was often many days betweeen seeing such a sight.

It's a good thing that your friends didn't drive across the Pecos or Rio Puerco. I'd say they need to get out more.