Albuquerque Weather

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by kpl1228

Regardless of how the white stuff affects a town and its operations, it sure is pretty when it snows in the Southwestern US. Good pics Poncho.

Thanks, we were expecting guests that day, so we started cleaning up early...

I've been in colder climates...

[grad_student200]

Originally Posted by Poncho_NM

Rio Rancho, New Mexico. November 28, 2019, started 6:17 am...



IMG_7846 by Ricardo, on Flickr.


IMG_7856 by Ricardo, on Flickr.


IMG_7865 by Ricardo, on Flickr.


IMG_7862 by Ricardo, on Flickr.

Those pictures are great. I miss ABQ already. I lived in ABQ this past fall for consulting. I didn't want to leave, but most of the good engineering projects are for Sandia Labs which get really slow to process applications. By contrast, out-of-state job interviews and onboarding go much faster relatively. Hence, I moved out-of-state.

I loved those months I was in ABQ. One day I went east on Menaul up to the trailhead and hiked up the foothills overlooking ABQ. I felt at peace with nature high up in those rugged hillsides and boulders. I also hiked up La Luz before moving out-of-state just to enjoy it one last time. It was euphoric.

I don't know how you all manage to stay in NM for full-time jobs. In engineering the options are very small despite the booming economy. Denver, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin have a much larger plethora of project options. In ABQ the jobs geared for me were mostly at Sandia Labs.

I went to HS in Santa Fe long ago and loved traveling to away games through the snowy weather of basketball season: Espanola, Los Alamos, Sandia Prep, Las Vegas (NM), etc. I used to run through the snow-packed arroyos of Santa Fe to train for basketball. The smell of Ponderosa Pines, wood stoves in the adobe, and Pinons permeated the air - great flashbacks from those photos. Thanks.

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by grad_student200

I loved those months I was in ABQ. One day I went east on Menaul up to the trailhead and hiked up the foothills overlooking ABQ. I felt at peace with nature high up in those rugged hillsides and boulders. I also hiked up La Luz before moving out-of-state just to enjoy it one last time. It was euphoric.

I don't know how you all manage to stay in NM for full-time jobs.

I was retired military who had some consulting jobs at various locations. I use to come out to this area while in the military. My wife was a Federal Employee who started in the D.C. area and was offered a position in the ABQ area. We are both now retired and have been in the ABQ area 20 years.

[ApartmentNomad]

Originally Posted by grad_student200

I don't know how you all manage to stay in NM for full-time jobs.

Some of us make do with relatively small incomes.

[elkotronics]

The above is right. One sacrifices their sanity to live in a city like Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles. There's no contest here. Living anywhere in New Mexico is far, far more satisfying overall than living in an overpriced rat race like Seattle, San Francisco or L.A.