Days 23 - 26 - Santa Fe, NM

Been here in Santa Fe a few days, and because I've been taking care of some errands and uncooperative weather, I haven't taken many pictures. Also, you should probably count in laziness with those reasons too. Here's what I do have.

A sunset from my dad's back porch.


Today, I drove down to Albuquerque to pick up James, who arrived early and full of ideas of how to improve the blog. He's taken me to task for using the words "beautiful" and "spectacular" too much in my descriptions of the landscape, and he insists on being my thesaurus. However, upon seeing the scale and spectacular beauty of the place, he finds himself unable to think of any better words. He's been reduced by the land to gentle murmuring and rocking in the fetal position. He may not be the help he wanted to be.

I took him to the top of the ski road here in Santa Fe, where I shot a couple of pics today.


Below, the view from near the end of the ski road, where the mountains spread and the entirety of Santa Fe comes into view several thousand feet below.


From the same spot, a couple of old couples shot our pic. In case you were wondering, James is the one without the beard.

Tomorrow we start out towards California, in a generally roundabout way. We'll head back up into Colorado before we go through Utah and Arizona. Hopefully the weather will cooperate, and I can get some good pictures of Monument Valley. Part of the reason for the backwards route is to try to stay at higher elevation to avoid the heat (James interjection: the heat, my god, the heat!), for my truck lacks air conditioning.