Rainy Wednesday July 9, 2008

The theme for today was RAIN. We drove through flash floods in El Paso. We headed North into New Mexico in the rain. We had lunch in Alamogordo in the rain. We drove up to Cloudcroft and Ruidoso, in the rain. We drove North through the desert in the rain. Finaly, just outside of Santa Fe, we finally saw those famous, blue, Santa Fe skies. Don't really want to complain, because rain is really needed here and rain is really amazing in the desert. You can watch the storm clouds gathering for miles and miles. The smell of rain in the desert is so intoxicating. Driving in a downpour or trying to stroll down the shopping district of Ruidoso in the rain is not so fun. Oh well, we made it safely to our beloved Santa Fe and saw lots of new country on the new route that we took. We even scoped out a few ghost towns with great old buildings that would be fun to renovate. It is a bit cool and breezy in Santa Fe, but there is a beautiful sunset and the air smells so fresh. We are really looking forward to our time in this magical place. We were happy to see that our hotel was only a short walk to one of our favorite restaurants in Santa Fe. We enjoyed green chili tamales, chili rellenos and sopapillos at the Blue Corn Cafe. Now we are enjoying a beautiful sunset as we chill in our hotel room.