To the end, to the end, the journey to the end

So today may be the last chance I get to update for a while. I know that the place I am staying will not have internet at the place im staying, but I will probably be able to get online either at the hospital or mooching wire.ess someplace

Today started off pretty rough. I wanted to attend the world famous Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Festa, so I dragged myself out of bed at 5 after just a few hours of sleep. After finally making it to the field, finding parking, paying, and then standing around in the cold for almost 2 hours they decided to call off the launch becuase of wind. I understand that they are only looking out for the safety off the pilots, but the way they did it seemed sketchy. Nobody was getting their money back and they were unwilling to even appologize for the inconvienience. Hotel rates and expenses went up through the entire city, and they were unwilling to give us anything back. At least I was able to get a breakfast burrito at the balloon park.

After the balloon failure I went out towards Gallup, NM and wound up taking a detour to hit some tourist attractions. I went to El Morro national forest where the conquistadores and settlers carved their names in the stone. I went beyond the normal walking path and actually did the 2 mile hike up to the top. I have been having problems getting acclimated to the altitude so the hike was rough, but im glad I did it.

After El Morro I headed out to the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary where I was able to walk around and check out wolves that had been rescued. It was pretty cool to get up close with the animals,plus I got a few good pictures.

I am totally exhausted and will be crashing shortly. Tomorrow I make it to the Reservation and will try to make the best out of everything there. Im not sure what im going to do next weekend, but ill try to go out and explore a bit this week while I get accustomed to the altitude, the time shift, and general reservation life.