Albuquerque did not have a ton going on so we weren't super bummed to be headed for Santa Fe and Los Alamos. We made it to Santa Fe in the morning and stopped at a renowned local spot, The Pantry.
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| More green chiles for breakfast |
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| We loved this adobe style hotel |
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| The inside of the Catholic church |
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| This stained glass window was amazing |
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| Thinking of his momma |
Listen, Santa Fe is pretty cute, but it wasn't for us. We aren't big art people so all the galleries were kind of lost on us. We walked around for about two hours (some of which we spent hanging in a warm hotel lobby because it was chilly out) and then headed up the road to Los Alamos.
We stopped on the way at a place called White Rock where there was a lookout to the Rio Grande. (Jackson had a big thing about seeing the Rio Grande.) There was a bunch of folks around painting the scene and even their talent didn't get close to God's paintbrush. It was amazing.
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| The view of the Rio Grande from White Rock |
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| Views |
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| Petefish |
We finally got to Los Alamos and went to Bandelier National Monument. It was called an "open book of human history" by the National Park Service. Petroglyphs and dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs were just amazing.
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| A little home replica in the parking lot |
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| Jackson climbing into one of the homes carved in the cliff |
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| Check out that rugged landscape |
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| The homes built in the rock |
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| Inside the caves |
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| Looking up |
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| Climbing around |
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| A little tiny staricase |
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| Petefish |
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"Jenn, let's hike up there."
"Uhh, ok?" |
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Jackson: "GO"
Me: "UGHHHHH" |
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| Climbing up... |
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| Along the way |
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| Looking across the valley |
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| We made it! |
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| Looking over creation |
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| Finally some flat trail!!!! |
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| A 14 floor walkup! |
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| Heading up... |
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| "on my way!" |
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| The view from the 14th floor ;) |
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| Pleased to have made it up |
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| Happier with being on the way down |
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| Look up at the ladders!! |
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| It was a gorgeous day |
We finally left the park after hiking all day and had to drive through the campus of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Around 12,000 people work on their massive campus developing nuclear weapons among many other things. We had to show ID just to drive through. Wild!
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| SPICY DINNER |
Since the town is basically full of folks from LANL, it is a very wealthy town. The little downtown area they've created for all of the lab employees is adorable. We went to a nice restaurant, Blue Window Bistro, for a really nice dinner. Mine was, naturally, too spicy so they had to bring me out sour cream. Even then it was too hot to get through so Jackson finished it and took me to McDonald's to get ice cream to cool my mouth down. :) I'm anxious to get back to the land of something other than green chiles!
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