While our first impression of NM wasn't that great (huge tower full of black buzzards was next to our breakfast stop), overall, our time in NM was fantastic!! We first stopped at Carlsbad Caverns, and they were amazing! We arrived in the morning and it was SOOO windy out! Once we entered the caves, it was eerily quiet inside. The Ranger had told us that we are only allowed to whisper, so during the entire 2-3 hours that we were inside the caves, it was so great to see how well the boys did at whispering! Sophia started getting tired and antsy towards the last hour of our hike, but she finally fell asleep until the end. We would have loved to see the bats exiting the caves in the evening, but since they mostly do that in the summer, they hadn't yet arrived from Mexico (or Brazil?).
After seeing the caves, we traveled a few more hours to Albuquerque to stay with my brother and Amy. It was sooo great to see them, they had come to Peru in October to visit, but we haven't seen them since then. I love my brother; he was so hospitable and just spoiled us during our visit. We went to the Albuquerque Children's Museum on one day, and then the next day we enjoyed Amy having a day off and went to the Aquarium & Botanical Gardens. Saturday night Jeremy & Amy watched the kids and sent us our to dinner at a fabulous Greek restaurant....it was delicious and we really enjoyed our time out together!
Easter Sunday we enjoyed going to the Mars Hill Albuquerque campus for Easter service. It was a good service where the video was a tour through some important historical parts of Israel, the parts where Jesus had carried the cross, and even to the hill where He was crucified, and then the supposed empty tomb. It was neat to see that in Easter Sunday. After church, the boys found Easter eggs and Jeremy grilled chicken, burgers, and hot dogs. As much as we hated to leave, we ended up leaving that night to drive all night and arrive in CA on Monday morning.
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