Attempting the tram....three times

The world's longest tramway is the Sandia Peak Tram which climbs over 2.7 miles to an elevation of 10,300 feet. We tried to go up it yesterday, but were told it had been closed for maintenance for the past 2 weeks, but would be open on Friday. So, we decided to stay in Albuquerque another day. The bonus was that our RV park has a speical, "buy 4 nights, 5th is free". That meant our extra night was free! On Friday, after we took Snug. to get her nails trimmed, we tried around 11:30 to go up the tram. It was on standby because of the winds. We didn't think it would open anytime after that because a front was coming through, so the winds were only going to get worse. We spent the afternoon taking care of laundry, & cleaning the RV. Around 5pm. I called and found out the tram was back open. Even though it was going to be dark by the time we went up, we really wanted to do this. We dressed in cold weather clothes, since we heard it was around 30 degrees at the top. By the time we got to the top, it was 29 degrees and very windy! The only thing to do was to eat at the restaurant, so we split a main dish and had a glass of wine.

Today was a driving day, going from Albuquerque to Metor Crater RV park, about 30 miles east of Flagstaff. It's a Passport America park, so we get 1/2 off. It's quite a bargain to get water/electric plus FREE wi-fi for $10/night. One wierd fluke to mention is that after we stopped to get gas, about 10 miles west of Albq., our speedometer, cruise control,and auto overdrive didn't work. Everything else did, so we kept driving. The next stop was 140 miles later for lunch, just inside the AZ state line. When we got going again, everything worked. Go figure. So now there's 140 miles more on the odometer than shows. We rolled into our stop for the night around 3:30. Apparently the only thing to do/see for 20 miles is see the largest meteor crater in the world. We may go over there tomorrow. Not sure if we want to pay the $12 admission fee (for each).