Day 3: Quemado to Santa Fe

Day 3: Quemado to Santa Fe

Weather: Cool in the morning, warm in the sun, then hot, then raining off and on from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, cooling at night in Santa Fe

QOTD: How fortunate are we?

These pics made it into yesterday's post, this is the day when they were actually taken

A pre-breakfast visit to the poles. No red sunrise, just poles showing up as the sun hits the Field.

Granola with apple for THB, eggs and bacon for DB, coffee (with cocoa mixed in for THB).

This is a travel day, as we get picked up at LF at 11, dropped in Quemado at noon, head the back way to Albuquerque (to include a pie stop), drop off RTM at an IHOP near where her sister works, then proceed to Santa Fe arriving around 4:45.

Inn of Five Graces

The highlights:

·       LF in the morning light as the poles come alive (pics repeated from Day 2)

·       Stopping for pie in Pie Town (the real name of this itty bitty town known for its pies…though the name was better than the actual pies)

·   Seeing the VLA (Very Large Array): a group of antenna used for astronomy research

·       A very nice room in Santa Fe at the Inn of Five Graces, very near the plaza

·      Dinner at the restaurant in La Fonda Hotel: share guacamole made table-side, combo of chile relleno and pork tamale for THB, veggie tacos for DB, glass of wine and local brewski, $83

 

Shots from the pie place which included a windmill collection out front

Rhubarb

Cherry

That’s about it. For more thrills and chills, go back to Day 2 and look at the pics!!