OK, Albuquerque, do you know what today is?
Yes, it’s #GivingTuesday (an important day in a nonprofit newsroom) but it’s also Tumbleweed Tuesday, the day the Tumbleweed Snowman claims his holiday perch alongside the busy westbound lanes of I-40 next to the AMAFCA offices near the “Big I.”
This year is also the icon’s 30-year birthday so we took a look back at how he’s changed — for better and worse — since 1995.
What is the Tumbleweed Snowman made of?
According to the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority, the snowman has grown over the years. Today he is 12-14 feet tall and about 8 feet wide, depending on how big his tumbleweeds blow in before the big day…