Day 3: New Mexico!!!

Today was our best day by far. We left Shanee at 9:25 this morning, and made it to the New Mexico Visitor Center at 2:35 pm. Of course, the time change helped us out one of those hours. Anyway, we were told at the Visitor's Center that Highway 104 would be the best choice for scenery, and the traffic would be the lightest. When she said light, I had no idea she meant NO traffic. At one stretch, we drove almost 100 miles through the desert without seeing another vehicle. If you have ever seen the movie "Vanishing Point", you'll know what I mean. It was the most fun I've ever had behind the wheel

of a car.

We made it to Santa Fe by 6:30 last night, and received a great welcome at the B&B. All the guests were sitting around drinking wine. When we walked in the door, we were immediately greeted with a glass...

Having never been to Santa Fe, I was suprised not only at the natural setting, but at the distinctive look and feel of the town. Already at 7,000 feet, it's nestled between higher mountains and has just enough rainfall to support more vegetation than the sagebrush and stunted trees we passed through earlier. As for the town itself, I didn't expect it to look like a Georgia O'Keeffe painting. Almost all the architecture is the flat, roofed adobe style, including the B & B where we're staying. In fact we liked it so much, we're staying another day. We'll put some pictures of it online tonight. We'll have a relaxing day exploring the area and going to the Georgia O'Keeffe museum before taking off on our travels again tomorrow.

The video below is mine, and mostly for entertainment value. You may laugh at it if you like, but it should also give a pretty good idea of our drive yesterday...Star