Breakfast today was served at the hotel. It was by far the best continental breakfast I have ever had. They had waffles, bacon, two kinds of sausage, biscuits, gravy, cold cereal, oat meal, muffins, toast, and probably a few other things that I just don’t even remember. I was delicious and a good jump start [...]
After a quick coffee run we were on the road again, driving back down the mountain. To get to Chaco we went back the way we had come the other day. Soon we were back in New Mexico again. Chaco Canyon is a pretty rusting place, being at the bottom of a canyon and all, [...]
In the morning we headed to a building near our motel that had a cafeteria and gift shop, hoping to find some breakfast. Unfortunately the cafeteria didn’t open till lunch but there was a coffee shop with a few things to eat and since many members of our group seemed to be powered by coffee [...]
We got up early, as usual, knowing that we would be doing a lot of driving today. It would take around five hours in the BAV to get from Taos, NM to Mesa Verde in Colorado. We ate our second and last breakfast in the wonderful dining room at the San Geronimo. They cooked for [...]
Breakfast was served in the inns large dining room. We had eggs, peppered bacon, waffles, and fruit. I passed on the pancakes, sure they involved milk, but I hear they were good.
After breakfast we headed out to the Taos Pueblo. The most significant difference between this pueblo and others we had already seen is that [...]
Today we got up early in order to get a head start to Bandelier National Monument, the place we intended to go yesterday before we had car trouble. As some of us were sitting down to breakfast Sue arrived with some bad news. In an attempt to sneak off to Starbucks before breakfast she had [...]
Today we rose early and ate breakfast at the hotel. We were trying to leave by eight but didn’t quite get everyone breakfasted and out the door till eight thirty. We drove to Pecos national park, under an hour outside of Santa Fe. After paying admition, we viewed a short film on the site and [...]
I didn’t have time to write an entry so here is an image gallery from today.
Most of the first day of our trip was spent traveling. We flew into Albuquerque in the afternoon and I got my first look at New Mexico. Even from the plane window everything looked brown. The sun was warm as we waited for our rented van, but it wasn’t the unbearable heat that I had [...]
Here is an overview of what we plan on seeing and doing while in the Southwest.
-Saturday, May 17
This day will be mostly spent traveling. We will arrive in Albuquerque, New Mexico in early afternoon where we will collect our rented van and head for Santa Fe. Once we are settled in the hotel we [...]