Santa Fe

Keeper and I just got back a few days ago from our summer "adventure". We've decided to explore a different western state each summer that we live out here since we don't see ourselves staying after medical school is over. Last summer was California. We had a weekend in early June in San Diego for my marathon, then almost 2 weeks in late July/early August with Keeper's family. We saw Corrizo Plains National Monument, Big Sur, San Francisco, and had a week in Sonoma. This year, we planned for Colorado.

The first leg of our trip was over a 7 hour drive from Phoenix to Santa Fe. We had to wait until late Friday afternoon to leave because Keeper had his last final at 2pm. We did get stuck in some traffic on the I-17 just north of Phoenix (big surprise, especially on a Friday afternoon when everyone is trying to get the hell out of dodge and up to Flag for the weekend). Keeper drove through the eastern part of AZ while I watched the lightening illuminate the sky. We went through some pretty intense storms! We got to our hotel outside Santa Fe very late at night (probably around 1am).

We had the luxury of going downtown on Saturday morning and were treated to absolutely beautiful weather (breezy, no humidity!). We spent the morning exploring the plaza and I finally found a turquoise pendant at the outdoor "market" where local Native American artists were selling handmade jewelry. Santa Fe had tons of art galleries and we'd love to go back sometime for a weekend and stay downtown in one of the bed and breakfasts (not a sketchy La Quinta off the interstate).