Day 4, Santa Fe

Day 4: Santa Fe

Weather: Sunny, dark clouds, heavy rain, hail, sunny, temps from 60s to mid-70s

QOTD: Would you like to borrow an umbrella?

DB and THB use the Fitness Center together riding for miles side-by-side on elliptical machines. THB watches Tour de France and during commercial breaks switches to Wimbledon. Breakfast of fruit bowls and huevos rancheros, coffee, included.

Take in art galleries around the railroad station, with some good to very good work (no purchases). We’re usually the only folks in the gallery.

Lunch at Vinaigrette: excellent salads (tuna for THB, peaches and prosciutto and chicken for DB), iced tea, and bread, $45.

Just like at the loft: tool chest in the bathroom

THB goes to rest up, DB goes to jewelry shop; success on both counts. THB comes back to help on final decisions, then DB carries on shopping and THB carries on resting up.

In the midst of all the shopping and resting up there are two very strong downpours accompanied by hail. They are having a lot of rain this year, unlike the Bay Area which is in year 4 of a drought (and one that some predict could go on for many more years).

 

Hail catcher

Dinner is at Martins, DB’s mother’s cousin Linda joins us (she’s only a few years older than us). DB liked her meal, THB thought his was fancy without flavor or fancy with too much flavoring that didn’t go together; with two glasses of white wine, $200 for three.

Every restaurant in town is in a similar building

And, in and around Santa Fe:

Okay, not Santa Fe, Lightning Field

I don't know, which way should we cross?