Santa Fe

So we came back from Santa Fe a day early due to, well let's say, some intestinal issues... but it was a great time up until that time...

The city itself is a cool place to go, if you don't mind some traffic and expensive places to shop and eat... though in January it wasn't all that crowded... I can imagine in the summer it's much worse.

We went to a couple museums and historic buildings in Santa Fe on the first full day, including the San Miguel Mission (the oldest church building in the US), the Wainwright Museum, the Georgia O'Keefe Museum (which apparently closes viewing of her paintings in January - bummer), and a few other places.

The next day we went up to Bandelier National Monument... to get there you pass through a couple Native American Pueblos and past Los Alamos National Labs (lots of security at those entrances). Absolutely beautiful... cloudy but oh so nice... we took the 1.2 mile loop hike past the cliff houses and through the valley... way cool... I'm glad we were there when there weren't a ton of people and we could take our time. The sun came out on the return trip through the valley and gave us a great view of the cliff walls.

We then drove past a rock mesa called "Black Mesa". WOW. I just wish there were a couple nice puffy white clouds in the sky above the mesa, but you can't have everything, especially when you're just driving past.

I'll try to upload some pictures in a bit... this connection is wicked slow.

Happy New Year

Sorry. Been a while since I posted anything. So I'll say this now: Happy New Year to all.

Nothing really happening worth writing about on here. Just relaxing and reading a ton of books out here before gearing up to go back to work.

We are, though, planning a trip to Santa Fe next week. So if anyone has been there and has any suggestions on what not to miss, let me know. If I can get this slow as a turtle internet connection to upload any pictures after we get back, I'll do that.

Also thinking of heading out to Mesa Verde the week after that (maybe). Bet it looks a little different in the winter than in the summer, plus the temperature is bound to be just a little bit cooler (one can only hope).