FROSTY BECOMES DESERT LANDMARK IN ALBUQUERQUE: They didnt wait for snow to bring Frosty to life along Interstate 40 -- they used what they have: Tumbleweeds. Each day, more than 80,000 vehicles driving through New Mexicos biggest city are greeted by the unique expression of holiday cheer that is a lot more southwest than North Pole. The 14-foot snowman, built every year for the last two decades by the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority, looms above the busy road, a familiar site to locals and a curiosity to visitors. This started as a joke about 20 years ago, but became a tradition,” Jerry Lovato, executive engineer of the authority, told FoxNews. “When it was first put up people drove by and honked their horns. They loved it, so we kept doing it.”
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:07:31 +0000