Sandia Mountain Hostel
Cedar Crest, New Mexico

May 7
Day 33
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Sandia Mountain Hostel
12234 Highway 14N
Cedar Crest, NM 87008
Tel. # (505)281-4117
Rates:  $12/person
$30/private
Affiliations:  None
Office hrs.: 4:30 to 10:00pm
First let me mention that after leaving the Oscuro Hostel, I had planned on going to the Route 66 Hostel in Albuquerque.  Well, I made it there, but it was a little too crowded for me.  It wasn't overcrowded, just a little more crowded than I prefer.  The manager was very good about it.  He gave me a refund and told me about the Sandia Hostel located in the mountains not far from there.  Now that sounded more like my kind of place.  A little while later I was sitting on one on the big bunk beds in front of an huge open window at the Sandia Mountain Hostel.
Below:  Route 66 Hostel in Albuquerque, NM
Here's some information about the Rt. 66 Hostel  (Photo Above)
1012 Central Ave. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Tel. # (505) 247-1813
E-mail:  CTaylor939@aol.com
Rates:  $12/person   $27/private
Beds:  30
Affiliation:  None
Office hrs.: 7:30 - 10:30am & 4--11pm
Above:  Here's my big bottom bunk right next to the huge open window--with a cool wind blowing in!  In the Sandia Mountain Hostel.
Large, open kitchen in the Sandia Hostel
Left:  Resident burros:  Chiquita & Matilda.  The manager warned me to keep my car windows closed because the burros like to reach inside and drag out anything they can.
Ahhh..
A breath of fresh air!
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Sandia Hostel was extremely clean and neat. Bathrooms were large and spotless.  The owners were friendly.
I ended up returning to the Sandia Hostel during my second road trip the following year.