Erin and I returned late last night/early this morning from visiting her brother and his wife in New Mexico. It was our first trip there. We spent most of our time near Los Alamos, and had a day trip to Santa Fe. It was glorious.
While I intend to write a bit more when I’m not running on fumes after a long travel day with several delays, here are the highlights through pictures.
The Albuquerque Isotopes playing the Salt Lake Bees, thanks to free tickets from a local grocery store.We also played a larger, nicer course in Santa Fe of which I have no pictures, so this short one will do. There are canyons along the edges that we had to clamber into after bad throws or rolls.There were mule deer everywhere: sides of roads, front yards, and on this disc golf course.This spruce was just off the trail while hiking to the caldera. It struck me as very pretty, sitting among the alpine meadow.This Caldera is massive. Any elk show up as pinpricks, and binoculars don’t always help. The bowl is often 20-40 degrees colder than where I was on this hike.My sister-in-law (in-law?) works at Bandelier, and had plenty to share. This is a scenic overlook, though we spent most of our time in the valley.You can go inside a few Pueblan cliff dwellings, known as caveates. Sadly, people have started vandalizing them so there are fewer opportunities to explore.Up 140 feet of stairs and wooden ladders bolted into the cliff side, you can access this important ritualistic site hidden in an alcove.We walked around the farmer’s market, artist’s market, the plaza, had lunch, and generally enjoyed this historical that’s over 400 years old.
