Trip to ABQ

The last seven days of January, Jo was in Albuquerque.

First day in ABQ, 1-25:

2008-01-25 Albuquerque

Trip to Santa Fe, 1-26:

2008-01-26 Trip to Santa Fe

Rocket launch, 1-27:

The launch was totally fun. Jack had already had some experience so he pretty much knew how to put the rocket together and get it ready for launch with just a little grown-up help. There's a rocket club around here that they have hung out with once or twice. Karen emailed them to find out where we could launch this one. It was designed to go up only 300 feet so they said we could pretty much launch it in any large space where we could be reasonably sure of recovering it. The place we went to is right next to the Sandia National Science Labs which are locked up tight as a barrel and if the breeze had been a little stronger and the rocket had landed inside there we would never have gotten it back. The whole process can be addictive. The countdown is exciting as is the hiss of the rocket taking off. Karen says the rocket club people spend most of their time running around in the bush looking for their rockets!

2008-01-27 Rocket Launch ABQ