Today our family had plans to ride the Tram here in Albuquerque and have a picnic at the top with Amber and Scott McEntire and their kids Kirra, Kade, and Keian. My love for all things culinary of course prompted me to volunteer my skills to prepare our picnic dinner. I spent a couple hours preparing a pasta salad, caprese, and a delicious entree consisting of pizza dough, mozzarella cheese, prosciutto, basil, and spinach, rolled up and cooked to crispy, golden perfection. Needless to say, our meal was rockin! The McEntires picked us up at 5:30 and we drove to the tram, boarded, and marveled at the lovely view. We were anxious to get to the top and have our picnic! I for one was beyond starving, and the aroma of warm pizza dough wafting from my bag did nothing to help the situation. Anyway, we got to the top and wandered around, attemtping to find a flat spot to put our blanket down. The whole time, Kade was bounding around in the tall grass, jumping off of rocks, and announcing with much fervor that he was going to "hunt bears and coyotes". What a fearless little guy he is! We finally found a spot that was flat enough for us to sit down and eat. About midway through our meal, I started to get pretty cold. It was quite breezy up on the mountain and a lot more chilly than I thought it would be. My shorts and tee shirt ensemble was doing nothing to remedy the situation. I wasn't the only one feeling the chill though. What all of us imagined would be a leisurely picnic dinner followed by much lighthearted frollicking through the mild summer evening air, turned into a half an hour race to finish dinner and get off the mountain before our fingers turned blue and fell off our bodies. We did manage to get some nice pictures before we left, however. And the trip to Coldstone for ice cream (compliments of my ever generous father) was certainly good compensation for our short lived attempt at a summer picnic. Fun stuff. :)
The view from the top
Kirra and mom enjoying the view
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