Photo day

Since I found a card reader, I'll post some of my photos that should have belonged to the previous posts. Then I'll post events and photos to bring us current.
Early birthday present
Bats leaving Carlsbad
VLA
VLA
Owl bar, 2nd home of A-bomb
Inside Owl Bar, lots of law enforcement badges from all over the country for some reason.
Dave and friend at the Crash In diner
New Mexico sky
Whee! Motoring back from VLA
Part of the navigation rig:GPSr on windshield that inputs our location to the lap top, updates every second. Gives our location, speed and elevation all within 10 feet.

Left ABQ Sunday morning. As a goof, at checkout, Dave jokingly complained that the shower head was malfunctioning and squirted him in the eye. The front desk clerk comped Dave his portion of the bill!

We motored on to Santa Fe, some 60 miles away. There was a large festival going on at the main square.
Street scene at festival

Some interesting objects d' art

Local color

End of the trail...

World famous carnitas, yum!

Pick a flavor

Refreshments at the festival

Roasted corn was popular...



After the festival we headed up the road, literally up the mountan above Santa Fe to camp for the night. It was a nice area, with a small babbling brook nearby.

Camp with shelter
Dave enjoying the camp site.

Babbling brook that ran thru the campsite

Part of the brook

Around our camp site.

Rock formation playing with light.

Better as art than firewood.

We broke camp Monday morning and headed out to play Golf. But the course we wanted to play at closes on Monday. We should have remembered because we made the same stupid mistake last year! So we decided to go back to ABQ to play golf. After a few minutes on the road, it was time to get gas, so as we were pulling into the gas station we noticed a sign for a local golf course some 15 miles away. We decided to chance it since 15 miles away from where we were was a bit closer then going all the way to ABQ for golf. Well as luck would have it we ran into one of the finest public courses that in consistently rated in the top 75 in the US. Not only that but they have reduced fees on Monday, when we were there.

Not bad for a muni course!

Dave addressing the ball.

My day at the beach

Watch out Tiger Woods!

A nice view of the home (18th) hole.

After golf we decided to go back to ABQ for the night were it's a bit cheaper to stay then Santa Fe. We had dinner here that is a well known stop in New Mexico food circles.

Then we decide to drop some change at the casino just west of ABQ. No one got really burned and we spent a couple of hours handling a lot of chips. Came back to the hotel for rest for tomorrows adventure. Tomorrow may find us at the Petroglyph National Monument, then possibly back at the Frontier for lunch (Dave keeps raving about the food and it is good) then to Ten Thousand Waves for a massage if available.