Sandia Peak, Petroglyphs and ... eating

Yesterday was concluded by having a dinner at Applebee's. Having seen a lot of American talk show hosts giving a flack to that place I really didn't know what to expect. The menu looked good and I ordered a platter of riblets. The food turned out to be very nice. Only complaints I have is that the waitress wasn't equipped with the best memory and so we had to ask for our cutlery and stuff like that. Other gripe was the music: they had live karaoke. Not something I want to listen to while eating out, especially some kids were quite awful.

Today we headed out to lunch at good 'ol Subway. Even thought the sub options are a bit different, it's the same as everywhere else.

Tramway going down

From Subway we headed to the world longest tramway (=cable car) of about 4 km long going to Sandia Peak at bit over 3 km from sea level (the lower terminal is at 2 km). The ride had one or two "dips" that were a bit scary but otherwise it was really beautiful scenery going up. At the top the scenery was astonishing. I really liked the whole experience.

After Sandia Peak we went to hunt for the famous petroglyphs (rock paintings of ancient humans) but the weather had gotten very hot, must have been over 40 degrees celsius. We did the "easy trail" where you have a handful of them but don't have to hike but for just few minutes, which was enough in that heat. After that we took a scenic route back home and relaxed.

For dinner I had my very first KFC, something I've wanted to do years and I have had some close calls in Europe to go but I am glad I got to do it in the US. It was every bit as good as I expected. Yeah, their menu is confusing as hell but after you get your stuff, that doesn't matter.

It's early bedtime this night since if weather gods are willing, we're about to do something very cool in the morning. More on that (hopefully) in the next update.