A Road Trip to New Mexico

August 12-17, 2001

In and Around Santa Fe

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Clines Corners, at the Intersection of I-40 and US 285 to Santa Fe	El Rey Inn on Cerillos Road	Room 9 with Pickup Truck
My Bed	My Luxury Bath	The Veranda and Breakfast Room
Indian Market at the Palace of the Governors	Gallery Entrance on Paseo de Peralta	The Georgia O'Keefe Museum
Santa Fe Museum of Art	Santa Fe Artist Kiran Levy on the Square	Santa Fe Skyline
Ristras of Chile Peppers	Santa Fe Homes	Adobe Style Housing Development
The Bishop's Lodge	Bishop Lamy's Chapel	The Chapel with Plum Tree
Hollyhocks	Santa Fe Ski Area	The Deserted Ski Lift
A Stand of Aspen	a la Ansel Adams	Sangre de Christo: The View from the Top

Santa Fe is one of the god's chosen places on earth. It's magic is ephemeral but real, and the hospitality of its people is generous. My room at El Rey Inn was quiet, comfortable, and of the proper ambience. Strolling around the square and driving around the city yields a charming variety of visual images.

I had never been to Bishop's Lodge, one of the most expensive hotels in the area, so I decided to drive on out. I even made reservations for dinner that night, and enjoyed a pleasant evening with my Dallas friend Herbert Massey dining on the terrace before the opera. It was not really that expensive.

A drive up to the ski area on the Sangre de Christos Mountains east of town was fun, and also an area I had not visited before.