Southwest Bacon Fest Albuquerque, Bacon, Beer and Blues at the sunny Balloon Fiesta Park

Where are we today ?

Hidden Valley Rv Park Tijeras New Mexico

       Up early again and very cold outside 19f glad we disconnected our water hose. When I went to go on our Verizon internet MIFI I found it was not working! So waited for Suzie to get up  and she called Verizon. Apparently they have made some changes so we will be down for a day or so. Not a big problem, just an inconvenience, we have free wifi here in the park but just cannot get it from our coach anymore there is a few more rv's between us and the clubhouse. So down there I went check out a few things and back home.
          About 8 am made a quick trip to Walmart in Edgewood to pic up a few things and spotted these very interesting Rv's in the parking lot Wood carvers on the move, looks like they spent the night here.

these are interesting to say the least

       Shortly after 10am we getting ready to head into the Southwest Bacon Fest but had a knock on our door. How about that, a fulltime rv friend of ours from Ontario passing through the area had stopped here for a couple nights Larry and his wife Shirley. So we invited him in and we got caught up on each others travels. What a nice surprise.

smiling Larry

        We eventually left for the Bacon fest at 11:30 to the Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque. We left here the temperature was 34f and at the Balloon Fiesta park (much lower elevation) only 20 minutes away sun shining, much less wind and about 54f wow! Perfect weather for this event.

would love to be here for the Ballon festival

         This Bacon Fest is all about Bacon, Beer and Blues. With over 100 bacon dishes 15 Craft Breweries and 4 bands. Only goes from 10 am till 5 pm  today only and we were here in the area and just had to go. Just to name a few bacon dishes Bacon Fudge, Bacon Toffee, Bacon Bloody Mary, Beer battered bacon, bacon flavored shaved ice, bacon flavored donuts, chocolate dipped marshmallow wrapped in bacon, bacon cheese curds, bacon chocolate chip cookies and muffins, and the list goes on and on. The entrance pass is  $7.00 per person but while standing in line for tickets a guy sold us one pass for $2.00 now thats a good deal.
          Most of the smaller food portions we sampled were about $3.00 so we shared a few and a 12 oz beer from any of the 15 craft breweries was $5.00  so we sampled s few things filled our tummies and enjoyed the fresh air sunshine and excellent live music. Surprisingly with all the people there it was not crowded lots of tables to sit at, interesting people to chat with and relatively quick service from all the vendors.

a tasty taco we shared

another band 

Kids rides etc

neat pencil sharpeners

love the clouds over the mountain all day

Donut burger! Not

we shared these below

very tasty light snack

Bacon Eating contest, could not get close enough to watch

Bacon Cheese Nachos, tasty 

Now here they have an Apple Riesling, Suzie's favorite
so tried a sample and she just had to have a bottle

         Now back home from the warm Festival grounds about 2:30 was only 35f here, and no sunshine. Hmm,,,  at least we got out and enjoyed a new fun experience sunshine, tasty food. and some exercise. Tomorrow supposed to be sunny and warmer here then Monday a bit further south to Truth or Consequences for a couple days. Alway wanted to stop there for years but never worked out that way. Lower elevation so will be warmer there.

         Got a bit of reading and blogging done for the rest of the afternoon then a couple Tilapia fillets in the oven, with our new Tuscan Olive Oil. Not very nice out there to be standing by our Weber Q. Added that to a salad as well as dipped a bit of fresh bun in the Tuscan Olive oil, we enjoyed another fun day and tasty supper.

right out of the oven

wonderful

         Before we know it time to settle down for a but, watch a movie and call it a night.

         Hope y'all had a wonderful day doing what you love to do, enjoy life! Every minute is a blessing. And make everyone count.

         Thanks for stopping in.

Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this Fall and Winter..