Oct 5/2012
Up early for coffee and snacks in the event tent before heading off in a lovely new A/C bus at 10:00 for the Scandia Peak Tramway. This was the longest tramway in the world (now 2nd to one in Armenia) built in1964-66 in Lucerne, Switzerland at a cost of $2,000,000  It has a horizontal length of 2.7 miles (4.46 km) and a vertical rise of 3819 ft (1163 mtrs) and travels at13.6 mph or 20 ft per second, and is over 10,000 ft in altitude. It was a gorgeous day and the views of the city and valleybottom below were breathtaking. On the back side of the mountain are the ski hills. We were treated to a fantastic lunch at the High Finance Restaurant at the top. At 2:00 we went on a bus tour of the city of Albuquerque. A very busy day for all but time left for happy hour and a very light dinner.