Santa Fe - Day 1

September 24, 2012

After a delicious breakfast we were ready for an adventure.  We decided to go to Las Vegas!!  New Mexico that is!!

We wanted to visit the Castle in Montezuma along with the cliff dwellings.  Karel looked it up during breakfast and looked like a good place to visit.  We got there and found that the Montezuma Castle was a United World university and there were no cliff dwellings.  Turns out there is a Montezuma Castle (with cliff dwellings) in Arizona!!!  And that one looks to be in the area near Sedona so I think we will have to find that one as well.

After that little side-adventure we decided to visit the Pecos National Historic Park - which did exist and was in New Mexico!!  It was about an hour self-guided tour through ruins of 16th century Indian dwellings and settlement.

 On our way back to Route 25 we encountered a bobcat feasting on a deer carcass.  It ran across the road in front of us and of course our cameras were put away.  However, he was quite fast so even if the cameras were out, we would not have been fast enough.

Right before we got onto Route 25 towards Santa Fe we passed the following home that we found to have beautiful contrasts in color and texture.

Tomorrow we visit a real cliff dwellings and meet our friend from the Cuba tour for lunch.  Our friend, Bebe, is an artist in residence here in Santa Fe.

On a somber note, this morning we received an email that our friend in Sweden passed suddenly from a stroke.  He was in his late 40's.  Life is unpredictable - live it while you can!

Deb & Karel