Blogs from Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 8

Plato perches on top of his cage, feathers quivering (and he IS an old bird. A Grey African Parrot.). He is observing me prepare his daily fruit bowl containing no less than 10 different types of chopped up fruit. This is news for me as I was not aware that there were no many different varieties but I think he likes peanuts best and little green peas. He delicately strips of the outer layers , spits them on to the floor and chews up the rest. Plato does quite a lot of spitting food, but he’s old! Plato enjoys a challenge, his aim being to nip me whilst I feed him. I retaliate by squirting wate very close. Then he whistles and runs around. Sooooo am house sitting in the middle of nowhere, desert country south ... read more

August 3rd, 2013 10:30 Pm MDT Day 25 We left Springerville, AZ. at 5:50am and traveled 322 miles. Arrived here in Santa Fe at 7 o' clock this evening.The temperature was 50 degrees when we left this morning, so started out wearing long sleeved shirts and windbreakers. In about 14 miles we got into NM. We stopped in Old Town in Albuquerque and walked around a bit. Next was Al Unser's Racing Museum. Arrived there just before 3 and the museum was open until 4. Al was there and one of the guides told him that we'd driven our car from Pa. He was very personable and agreed to have his picture taken with us. When we were looking at the 1922 Model T Touring in the museum, Al Unser came over to us to tell ... read more

Well, here I am. Sitting in my dad's home office in the house that I grew up in New Mexico. Photographs of my dad's racing days, my brothers first motorcycle trophy, a photo of me beside my first horse and a model helicopter are still sit on the shelves. My dog is asleep on my feet. And while yes, this has always been home to me, I have a new home now too. They say that home is where the heart is, and if that is true then I have homes all over the world. But nowhere more so than the United States and Fiji. I have been back stateside for just about a week now. It is wonderful and absolutely horrible all at the same time. I missed my family, my Jeep and motorcycles, my ... read more

Départ de Santa Rosa à 8h00, 28 576 miles au compteur. Absolument rien à voir entre Santa Rosa et Santa Fé. Nous nous arrêtons prendre de l'essence à l’entrée de Santa Fé : 10,747 gallons pour 37,39 $ et 28 686 miles. Nous arrivons à l’hôtel à 11h30, pardon, avec le changement de faisceau horaire il est 10h30. La chambre n'est pas encore prête (prise des chambres l’après-midi). Nous décidons d'aller dans le centre-ville. Le seul problème, c'est qu'on a partout des parkings payants. Nous sommes obligés de trouver des pièces pour mettre dans les parcmètres. Santa Fé est vraiment une ville magnifique. Elle mériterait d'y passer plusieurs jours. Nous terminons notre visite de la ville par la Chapelle des sœurs de Loretto inspiré de la Sainte Chapelle de Paris et le mystère de son escalier. ... read more

Geo: 35.6915, -105.937Cochiti Lake is on Pueblo land about 35 minutes south of Santa Fe. There are two entrances. Tertilla Peak Entrance opens in spring, and we had not been there in some time. The huge launch is quite steep so we went around the waterfront to a more level place to air up our Sea Eagle and prepare for the paddle.We could see birds on the water and the clouds on the mountains looked quite forbodeing, but the forecast was for a small chance so we went for it.We were paddling along a cliff face when we were startled by what might have been and owl flying out of a nest in the rocks.We spotted some fisher ducks that Laura determined were Western Grebes. They made exotic calls to each other, strange, echoing sounds on ... read more