New Mexico

our first stop in new mexico was a place recommended to us by a delightfully crazy texan who pulled us over at a gas station with "Hello Pennsylvania, Welcome to Texas". And soo with two car windows rolled down he proceeded to give us a recommended itinerary for New Mexico. His first stop was the blue hole as pictured above. It was a beautiful stop (not quite photographable).. .but would be beautiful in the summer. Apparently people go there to scuba dive. It is literally a giant water hole in the middle of the desert with crystal clear waters. Here are our attempts at pictures:

Below is Las Vegas, New Mexico. This, besides flagstaff, has been my favorite town we have stopped in. It was a little pueblo in between Santa Rosa and Santa Fe, that we decided to stop in for lunch... and ended up walking for the majority of the afternoon. They had a lovely bookstore, yarn shop, and the best meal we had eaten up until that point. It reminded me very much of guatemala. Very lovely :)

the drive

On the road from Las Vegas to Santa Fe

Santa Fe:

Our hostel in Santa Fe. (we didn't stay in this part but i still thought it was quite picturesq.... the part we stayed in looked much more like a hostel)

the garage behind our hostel


this was the wind chime that was hanging in the courtyard of the hostel. It was made out of a collander, pipes, bowl and cutting board. quirky and lovely :)

Santa Fe's central plaza


a part of downtown santa fe



me in santa fe


Reid representation in santa fe


as we left santa fe we got lost in a neighborhood surrounding it. And were surrounded by incredible adobe architecture: represented above and below.

Old Town Albuquerque

Christopher's new hat... purchased in Albuquerque, that has hardly come off his head since. I felt he fit in quite nicely with the adopbe decor in this pic.

Somewhere along the road there has been some rattling noises. We think because of the high winds on the open plains of Oklahoma and New Mexico a part of Vincent (the new name for the vibe) came loose. Here chris is expertly fixing it with our roll of magical duck tape. Thank you dad for the roll :) Vincent has been holding in well ever since :)

Chris on the long-haul drive from Albuquerque to Silver City/ Gila National Forest.