Travel from Albuquerque to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

We drove our coach 176 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

The map route, heading south:

Map route

The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta finished on a Sunday morning, and we were scheduled to leave the following day, but I noticed that our next site was available on Sunday, so we decided to grab that and leave a day early:

Departing fiesta

A view of the mountains by Albuquerque:

Mountains

Freeways:

Freeways

Downtown Albuquerque:

Downtown Albuquerque

Heading south on I-25:

I-25

Mountains

Wide load of the side of the road:

Wide load

It wasn’t a particularly long drive, but we had an early start to the day for the fiesta, so we stopped at both of the rest areas on the route; here’s the first:

Rest area

Interesting collection of elevated picnic shelters:

Rest area

Rest area

Onward:

Mountains

Mountains

Mountains

The second rest area:

Rest area

Rest area

Paladin asleep:

Paladin

I-25:

I-25

Truth or Consequences:

Truth And Consequences

Paladin climbed on the back of Jenn’s chair while she was driving:

Paladin and Jenn

Paladin and Jenn

Paladin and Jenn

Back in a more normal place:

Paladin

I-25

Interesting clouds:

Interesting clouds

Mountains

Mountains

Mountains

A glimpse of Caballo Lake:

Mountains and Caballo Lake

Our destination, Caballo Lake State Park:

Caballo Lake State Park

Caballo Lake State Park

Caballo Lake State Park

Caballo Lake State Park

Palomino Campground, one of a few in the state park, but the only one with full hookups, which we really needed after dry camping at the fiesta:

Palomino Campground

Palomino Campground

Our site:

Our site

Our coach approaching our site:

Our coach