Day 3 - Abilene, TX - Santa Fe, NM

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Todays ride is going to be shorter than yesterdays - but only by about 1/2 hour.

We got up early once again - the kids weren't so happy about it today! Packed up the car and headed towards Santa Fe. It was an interesting ride through West Texas with the giant ranches and over abundance of oil wells. Other than that this was not the most exciting ride. Eastern New Mexico doesn't have much, however, when you get to just outside of Santa Fe the beautiful mountains come into view. Once in Santa Fe we checked into the hotel and went swimming - the kids were very happy.

After swimming we all got cleaned up and made our way into the shopping and museum area of Santa Fe in search of dinner. We found the Blue Corn Cafe which served up some very good New Mexican food. I think we all ate a bit too much, but it was good. We then headed back to the hotel where we reorganized all of the suitcases and turned in for the night.

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