New Mexico: Day #4

Monday was our day to tour Santa Fe. Art and I have been there several times but Tif wanted to go there to soak up the Santa Fe ambiance.

We were noticing a lot of police presence at the Plaza on bicycles and police cruisers.

The St. Francis Cathedral at the center of town is a beautiful sight.

We visited a bunch of tourist type stores filled with hanging dried chilis, western hats, boots, skulls and art. And yes, Tif did help the Santa Fe economy.

KC decided she'd had enough and pulled down the shade herself to give herself some privacy while she took a two hour nap.

The Governors Palace had Native American vendors in front selling their beautiful jewelry and other native crafts.

We loved seeing the different flowers everywhere.

Lunch was at the Atomic Grill. I had a catfish sandwich, Jon an Atomic gyros which he inhaled and Art and Tif had an Atomic frito pie which was quite spicy. We suddenly realized that this was reminiscent of the trips we took as a family. It was just the four of us again since KC was sleeping through the entire lunch.

Gorgeous flowers everywhere!

The skies were absolutely incredible. The clouds seemed to be sparkling.

Tif treated us to a frozen yogurt at Yoberri.

Our last stop was at Santuario de Guadalupe, the oldest shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe in the U.S.


Back at home, Jon made fish tacos for our dinner while Tiffany watched her brother.


After working for almost three years as a firefighter at Los Alamos, Jon became a wonderful cook.


It was a fabulous dinner!


We have only one more day with our son and his Sarah. We'll be at the Albuquerque Botanic Garden, Zoo and Aquarium on Tuesday. We may be able to also see the University of New Mexico where Jon has gone back to school.