I had only been to New Mexico for a few hours a few times for work before I went on this trip. So anything further than Raton was the furthest South I had ever been.
In college, I filled out a life goal note card and wrote that an experience I wanted to have was attending the balloon fiesta in New Mexico and never thought about it much logistically. Little did I know, 4 years later, I’d be living in Colorado and dating someone from New Mexico.
We woke up for sunrise to see the balloons and it was beautiful.
