We are in Santa Fe, camping at the cheap, cozy and very conveniently located Black Canyon Campground in the Santa Fe National Forest. From our "walk-in" campsite, beside a babbling brook that makes for great sleeping, it's 2.2 miles to the Santa Fe city limits, down a gorgeous, twisting mountain road. 
When we arrived, our campground host suggested we might as well just ride our bikes right to our site, across a wooden walking bridge and down the paved path. It's been awesome!
We spent most of the day yesterday in town, having lunch at Cafe Pasqual's, one of our favorite restaurants anywhere (thanks for the tip, Jessie!), and waiting out the rain in a Kinko's Fedex to take care of various paperwork (the rebates from my new notebook, etc.). With the help of a really friendly Fedex staffer named Gabe (Jon and Jen, more evidence for your theory!), we created a sticker for my tank that announces our trajectory, and to accompany the Ski Builder sticker from Jon:
In the evening, we tried (unsuccessfully) to locate a big Bar-B-Queer party for Santa Fe's Gay Pride week, so we headed back to camp as the temps started dropping, for a campfire cooked meal of brats (mine meatless, of course) and kettle chips.
Thankfully, we had better luck today, were able to catch the Pride parade (smaller than back home, but no less enthusiastic).
Happy Pride, wherever you might be!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Proud in Santa Fe
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I look forward to seeing your tanks covered in stickers from all over!
ReplyDeleteWe just got back from a modest little trip of our own (to Madeline Island) and so this is the first I've been able to check the blog (now blogs) in a week. I can hardly believe how much ground you've covered in that time. The adventure has truly begun and I'm very much enjoying it from my armchair.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad we have the videos now, too. It's great to hear your voices. Stay safe and I'll be doing a stop-the-rain dance for ya!