Sandia Tram

We had a leisurely breakfast in the morning.  Then Jamie and Pam left to head home.  We went to church at Rebecca's previous church.  She reconnected with some people she remembered.  After we got back, Rebecca had stuff to do before going back to India, so we left her at the hotel and Sue, George and I headed off to the Sandia Mountains to ride the tram.  First we stopped for lunch at the Sandiago Grill at the Tram.  We had a very nice light lunch.  

The view from the restaurant patio.

2nd longest suspended tram in the world.  The last time I was on it, it was the longest.  Kris, you would have LOVED it. 

It was the perfect day to do this.

Passing the other car going down as we were going up.

It was very windy at the top and 44 degrees.

As we were standing by this sign we overheard someone saying that we were 3 miles up.  Not sure where they went to school.  We did not stay at the top long.  Waited for the next tram to go down.

Here comes our tram.

Some people having fun on the rocks.

Then we drove back to the hotel.  No one was inspired to do anything else so we relaxed and chatted.  Nice to reconnect with Sue.  

We went down for happy hour and a small snack to tide us over until dinner.  Rebecca connected at Starbucks with a previous coworker from Menaul School.  We met Steve at Amore Pizza.  It was very good pizza. We shared a meat lovers pizza and a vegetarian pizza.

This oven was sent over from Italy.  Cooks the pizza at 1000 degrees.  They put the pizza in for 90 seconds.  That is what Steve says.  It was good pizza.

Then we went up the street for dessert.  I did not want any.

It is going to be a very early morning for Rebecca and Sue.  They each are flying out at 7:30 am on different airlines and going to different cities.  We are aiming for 5:15 am. It was nice that they coordinated their flights.  

Wedding and All Kinds of Weather

At 4 pm we met to head out to the Prairie Star in Santa Ana Pueblo for Lia & Chance's wedding.  We were hearing weather advisories for the area with rain, tornadoes, floods!! We had some rain on the way there. This is the same place where Steve and Jennifer were married.  It is a very gorgeous setting with a backdrop of the Sandia Mountains.

Almost time for the wedding

No one wanted to go sit yet until the very last second because of the sprinkling that was going on.  They handed out paper towels to wipe off our seats before sitting down.  

I finally got to use my travel raincoat.

The wedding started about 10 minutes late.

Avery, on the left, was especially adorable.  (Ashley & David's daughter)

Lia with her dad

The pastor cut out a lot of what he was going to say, because of the weather.  We did have a brief time of no rain. 

Lia & Chance Cohn

We then went inside and had appetizers while the formal pictures were being taken.

Jennifer

The photographer was having a problem getting everyone arranged for photos. Note Lia's veil.  Yes, it was very windy. 

Ashley & Lia.  Because of the weather many of the professional photos were done indoors.

Then the storm hit.  What a storm!  Wind, hail, rain ... the works.

That is hail!!

The driveway was turned into a river.

post wedding

Lia, Aidan and Chance

And then the sun came out.

a rainbow

The photographer wanted to get a picture with the rainbow.

Then the sprinklers came on

Once all the pictures were taken we had dinner.

It was very good.  2 salads, green beans, mashed potatoes, chicken, ravioli and bread. I did not have the ravioli or bread.

Ashley and David

Time to cut the cake

Jennifer and her siblings: Tabb's wife, Jennifer, Rebecca, Danielle and Tabb

After the cake was the bouquet toss and garter slinging (it got caught in the rafters) and then the dancing.  We left soon after the traditional dances were done.  Because it was dark and everyone was moving, my pictures did not turn out.  

Jamie, Pam, Sue and I relaxed at the bar once we got into more comfortable clothes.  We sure had every kind of weather today.