Blogs from Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 18

THE AMERICAN ADVENTURE ET LE WEDDING IN SANTA FE We eventually hit Trace and Marc’s about 4pm in the midst of tears, laughter and lots of screaming. In the coming hours we of course got to know Marc and his wonderful Moma and Popa and her gorgeous son Josh - enjoyed a beautiful BBQ dinner cooked by Trace as she plied us with wine in preparation for giving us our “duties list” for the coming days - I never knew Tracey could be so organised - it was most impressive. Revy became 3037B, parked outside T&M’s front door ,in a partially opened state, so we didn’t disturb the neighbours in their Cul de sac too much. In the 3 days preceding the wedding (which by the time the wedding came seemed more like 3 weeks) we ... read more

We spend the night at a KOA in Santa Fe. We got in to town at about 5pm and did a lot of window shopping. Stores and stores of jewelry and southwest style clothing. We had a tasty dinner at a Mexican restaurant (of course!) and then wandered a bit more. It was a perfect evening with a full moon and a clear night full of stars..... We are headed to Colorado today to finish the last few days of our trip... We will most likely check out Durango, Denver, Fort Collins and Windsor. I will sit down sometime next week and post pics and put more details in my entries. This has been a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and I thank you all for joining us along the way!... read more

Texas really isn't the most interesting place to travel through - nothing to look at the whole way apart from fields, fields and more fields. There were some truly awful people on our bus, as usual, including some woman who sent her kids up and down the bus begging for food. We finally arrived in El Paso for our stopover and I think it's fair to say it's the poorest looking city we've seen so far on our trip - the whole place is like one huge market stall with some fast food restaurants. Back on the bus and across the border to New Mexico where the scenery improved vastly and the sky was filled with more stars that we've ever seen - it was lovely. Got to Santa Fe at around 2.30am after 22 hours ... read more

June - July 2007 We've been here since Tuesday, June 5. Our friends are starting an organic farm on fields that have not been plowed for probably 20 years. We are in their casita ( a small guest house) overlooking the fields. Huge Cottonwood and Elm trees tower the edge of the fields, mosquitoes swarm in the early evening and mornings, the acequia (irrigation ditch) tumbles along outside our front door (hence the mosquitoes), the crickets chirp and the birds sing. Seti and Meggie, Djann and Lisa's two cats make a daily patrol to our house. Rain, our kitty cowers when they look in the door, but she is getting used to being in this house and so we confidently let her outside yesterday morning. She only wandered a few feet and came back inside. That's ... read more

We arrived in Santa Fe last night (Tuesday) after a long drive through Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. No internet access at the Oklahoma City Campground or at our friend Hazel's so I thought I'd do a quick entry at the Santa Fe Public Library and catch up with some great pictures later. Here's a quick summary of the long drive: the roads in Oklahoma were so bad the ride shook the airconditioner screws loose (easy fix) -- we did stop along the way for a stretch and a round of the "oakie" pokie with the boys. Mark wouldn't stop in Arkansas except for gas (I think because we were too close to Clinton territory). As we moved across Texas and got closer to New Mexico, the views were simply breathtaking. A quick stop in Texas ... read more