Favorite NM memories...

#5: BALLOON FIESTA
Four Fiestas out there on the field... dark, early & cold... but the breath-taking views makes the early-morning struggle worth it. Between the balloons, breakfast burritos & Piñon coffee... easily my favorite week of the year. 🎈

#4: THE FOOD​
The Frontier Roll, the Laguna Burger, an enchilada/taco plate with Christmas on the side, a chicken kabob from the NM State Fair, the Topes’ ‘Orbit dog’ & “turkey bread” from a local panaderia... I came, I indulged & I fell in love with that NM cuisine. 🌶

#3: COMMUNITY EVENTS​​
If there’s one thing I spent more time doing than the forecast, it was serving this community. Hoping to get involved in as many non-profits, charities & deserving organizations... pouring my heart into this city, it’s people &, most importantly, the kids.... never saying no to a classroom visit... signing up for every Toys for Tots phone bank, every Mud Volleyball tournament, Lobo football camps & all the KRQECares shoe drives I could get to. Late nights, busy weekends & less time off... and I regret absolutely none of it. ❤️

#2: INTERVIEWS TURNED FRIENDSHIPS
Being stuck in studio most days, I look forward to our 7-9AM show & the new people I get to meet during interviews. From science experiments, gingerbread houses & pets... to veterans, pies & ABQ events... these ‘interviewees’ turned into friends... and I’m so thankful for our weekly/monthly/yearly visits. ❤️

#1: 'FIRST TIME' EXPERIENCES
Unforgettable ‘first times’:
• flying in a hot air balloon
• covering a $3 million horse race
• visiting White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns & Chaco Canyon
• snowboarding down a blue run
• competing in a shovel race
• judging a green chile cheeseburger competition
• talking with Garth Brooks
• meeting an alien at the UFO festival
• flying in a helicopter

-- KC