2007 NM Sunday Jan 28

Sunday Jan 28

We woke up to a beautiful sunny day in NM. Right outside our hotel was a bunch of petrified wood, Keith hadn't seen it before, but being a geologist’s daughter and growing up around petrified wood and dinosaur bones, I recognized it at once. Pretty cool. We checked out and went to the 66 Diner to eat lunch. I went to Roadfood.com to find locally owned good restaurants and they were one of them, I had a half a grilled cheese sandwich and a cup of split pea and ham soup – greatly surprising Keith. He didn't know I liked split pea soup as I don’t like any other type of peas. I don’t eat it often, in fact the last time was when I was in Solvang, CA with Mom and had it for lunch there.

We drove up to Taos along the river canyon drive and it was just beautiful. Two weeks ago they had 3 feet of snow on the ground, but it has been warm since then and there isn’t a lot of snow left. The roads are perfectly clear. The mountain has had a ton of snow – feet and feet over the last month or so. We got into Taos and checked into our hotel, the Comfort Suite – very nice. We have a large room with a king and a queen bed, a separate living room, like Amerisuites. We have a microwave and fridge, so we went and go a little breakfast food. And tons of water!


Keith’s cousin Roger got in about 5 and we all went to eat at Pizza Emergency. It was a good little pizza restaurant.

Monday January 29, 2007

Keith and Roger headed up to the mountain about 9 am. Keith is going to get his ski boots (thanks Mom for that birthday and Christmas gift!) and Roger is getting his skis waxed. The boot shop there is one of the best in the country and Keith is very excited to have his own boots! Fitted to his own exacting feet! They will get a half day ticket and ski from noon to 4 today.

I had a leisurely sleep-in this morning. I did a little internet research and had a nice chat with one of the men who work here (Gil Gallegos.) He was translating for the maid, who spoke only Spanish, and we just got to talking. Turns out he uses different computer programs to correct old pictures – we had a good talk comparing this software versus that software. He does a little craft stuff and told me where a craft supply store is, and also told me the front desk girl is a mixed media artist, so I will talk with her about local stuff. It will be neat to see stuff other than tourist shops.

Well – about to head off now, it’s another gorgeous day here. BLUE skies! Hanna, you could use a week here every winter, assuming of course it was a sunny week! more later.