May
27
2006

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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(Posted Under: Travel)
Photobox ImageThis morning we got up and left Phoenix around 8, headed for Sante Fe, New Mexico. Not too far out of Phoenix, like driving to Flagstaff, cactus being replaced by wooded forest and brush, quite different than Phoenix and south. Sometimee after Payson, the sceneario changed again, to dry flat plains, but different to the Phoenix area, in that there were no cactii. The scenario was much the same all the way to New Mexico. Somewhere between Phoenux and Payson we drove past Mt. Ord which was cool. At the time I think I was wrestling with my 52 ounce Coke, and missed the opportunity to take a photo of the sign.

We drove at least partially through the Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert. I'd wanted to go through the Painted Desert before, so this was cool. Towards New Mexico, and especially at the border there were magnificant colored mountain formations. A little over the border were stopped at a Travel Plaza, which Katie was awfully giddy about. We brought some souivineers, andd the cashier, when checking my ID was interested that I was from Australia - and maybe disppointed that I didb't say more. She asked if I lived in Australia, and what travelling we were doing. We were still on the Navajo Nation, and the store had a lot of Indian souvineers. A statue of an Indian, and the rear carpark was surrounded by huge arrows. Cool ass! [smile] Katie and I took our photos by them.

We got back onto the road, and passed signs for New Mexico, with the slogan "Land Of Enchantment", which we made fun of. The rest of the trip was long, and much the same old same old.

At some point, my camera spazed out again, this time with the new 1GB card. It stopped reading the card, but turning it off and then on, it worked again, however images seem to be missing. Namely the ones at the Travel Plaza, which is a pain in the ass. There are a bunch of scenary photos I would have minded losing, but loosing the ones of Katie and I is quite annoying. Hopefully they're still on the card somewhere, and I'll be able to retrieve them sometime in the future. The whole problems with my camera (or the cards) is kinda pissing my off.

Driving through Albuquerque we were fairly ready to be in Santa Fe. It was about another half an hour from Albuquerque. We rolled in to town, taking the time difference into account, at about 6pm. All in all, quite a drive. I didn't expect it to be as far, but then again I expected Sante Fe to be more horizontally aligned with Phoenix, rather than how far north in New Mexico it is. Albuquerque looked like another town, while Sante Fe looks very spanish, with most buildings being adobe style, which makes me happy.

After setting in, we watched some TV, we headed across the International House Of Pancakes for dinner. The waiter we had - wasn't that great. After not bringing my garlic bread, I requested for it, and he brought a piece of toast!

Interestingly, the temperature in Sante Fe is siginificantly cooler than in Phoenix, which is another thing I didn't neccesarily expect.

Tomorrow we plan to look around the city more.

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