Santa Fe

Our home from 4/24-5/7/2017

What a pleasant experience. Mary and I have really fallen in love with this park, this area, and more specifically Santa Fe. It was 2 of the best weeks that we have spent. A quick view of the park......

Our spot D13

A view to the north to Baldy Mtn and the Sangre de Cristo Range

The views here were awesome

Our spot

A view of the park and some of its attractions.....

1923 International. It runs and was seen driving through the park.

Inside of the Office/Clubhouse

A view past the office

After a storm blew through

Always seen when out for a walk or just sitting at your site

A look across to the west from the park. The big buildings are Santa Fe Brewing Co. Which we visited!

One of our neighbors- A Retro

Eurasian Collared Dove peeking in our back window

Friday and on in to Saturday of our first week, we had an experience that we had thought we had put behind us when we left Vermont......SNOW

Grocery shopping at Albertsons

The snow got heavier

A view up Cerrillos from Panda Express where we had lunch

What we woke up to Saturday morning

Yogi, retired Police Dog from the City of Cincinnati. And did he ever enjoy the snow!

When it was all done, we had 8" of snow. By the next day it was all gone. Thankyou.

I frequently took advantage of the neat .75 mile trail around the campground to get in some exercise walks. It was fun counting the rabbits, trying to identify birds seen, and occasionally bumping in to an old friend, as I did one day. While walking, I noticed this guy checking out all of the old engines in the antique area. Thought he looked familiar, and when he turned around, saw that it was Pete W whom we had met at Escapees Chapter 3 Lobsterfest 2 years ago in Maine. Of course we had last seen him at the Escapade in Tucson, so this was a real surprise. And I mean a pleasant surprise. We talked a bit, and then I was back on my walk.

The trail around the park

We didn't spend all of our time in the Park, way too much to see and do in the area.

Traveling up Cerrillos to the Downtown area

Along E Water St

Collected Works Bookstore and Cafe

Lunch at Tia Sophia's

A look at the downtown

Eldorado Hotel & Spa

A trip here was in order

Mary has always wanted to visit this Museum

Mary, with Georgia O'Keeffe Museum behind her(and her bag of souvenirs)

Some of the sites as we walked from W Johnson to The Plaza

On one of our trips in to the downtown area, we parked on Washington St and walked a block down to Marcy St. Along Marcy St we saw these Landmarks:

Santa Fe Current Cutrhroat Trout Sculpture

Mary & Zozobra at the Santa fe Visitors Center

The Plaza is something really special. You could spend an enjoyable day just sitting on a bench and watching the people.

Notice: no vehicular traffic

Mary outside the Palace of the Governors w/ the Native American Craftsmen selling their wares

Standing on the Corner - in Winsl.........Santa Fe

And then there was the dining and the Breweries.....

Lunch at 2nd Street Brewery

Definitely our kind of Restaurant

Lunch twice at Back Road Pizza - Diners, Drive ins, and Dives visited this place for a tv show episode

Fish Taco's at Angels Bakery & Cafe

A very photographed caboose right near La Chosa Restaurant

One of our favorites- and it's not just for the Margarita's

The NM Rail Runner going by La Chosa

Santa Fe Brewing Co The Bridge

One last place that we both realized we discovered too late was the Randall Davey Audubom Center and Sanctuary. We discovered it only 2 days before we were supposed to leave. We spent an enjoyable few hours there walking the trails and trying to identify the birds of the area. Had a great time. Mary and I have discovered that bird watching is something that we really enjoy doing together, plus, it is good exercise.

The Audubon Center is located off Upper Canyon Rd. Canyon Rd is THE place for Artwork in Santa Fe. Had to take a pic of some of these places that dot the hillside. Can't begin to imagine the $$$$$$

On that second last day, after we left the Audubon Center, we headed to Museum Hill where we spent some time at the Wheelwright Museum. They had quite an interesting display of Native American metal work and jewelry. Really quite interesting.

And then it was time to head back and get ready to leave. But not before making reservations for our next stay here at Santa Fe Skies. Tomorrow we head north on I 25 to Pueblo, CO and a one night stay at the KOA there. And then comes the trip through Denver to Cheyenne, WY and another one night stay at Terry Bison Ranch before heading on in to SD and our summer home- Hart Ranch RV Resort.

When we leave SD in September, we'll retrace our trip and end up back here in Santa Fe for 9 days before heading to Albuquerque and the Balloon Fiesta.