One of the bike trails goes right past the launch field.
If you did want to check out Albuquerque, the time to do it would be the first and second weekends of October. Real scenic in the AM when 800 balloons are flying. One of the bike trails goes right past the launch field. It used to be at the peak of the bosque fall color, but now global wierding has made it a bit early for the best color.