We're in Santa Fe - Yay!

We have accomplished GOAL #! - to get to Santa Fe! We left Amarillo about 9:20a.m., but then had the advantage of pretty quickly moving into Mountain Time and gaining an hour. We went through extensive fields of wind turbines in Texas.

           Wind power in the very windy Texas panhandle .

Once crossed over into NM, we decided to get off I-40 in Tucumcani and take Rte 104 the "back way"to Las Vegas, NM  -  and what a road!  We saw just three other cars in over a 100 miles. 

On a beautiful, lonely road in New Mexico

   

Katie texted while we were on the road and we learned that we could meet her at the AirBnB she and her friend, Emily, Neal and Sue (Katie's uncle and wife) and Michael and Amy (Katie's cousin and partner) were all sharing, so we picked up our heels and hightailed it to Santa Fe. It was great to see Katie, but then we realized she had gotten in from her plane ride at 2 a.m., and was pretty tired, so after a short visit in which we got caught up on her news, we let her take a nap.

We headed for central Santa Fe and ended up spending some time inside the very unusual and impressive NM Capitol building - especially impressive is the amount and quality of art displayed in the corridors. Ellen was able to buy some cards there too.

The New Mexico Capitol Building - it is based on the Zia Sun Disc symbol

Inside, there was this gallery off the main rotunda

The Senate Chambers

The capitol corridors are all lined with art work, mostly by New Mexican artists. This is one that Ellen was able to get a postcard of

 Then we went to the Plaza, the heart of the city, and the museums around it. It was getting toward closing time but E got more cards at the Museum of NM History. A successful trip!

The Old Capitol and Goverenor's Palace, now a museum

Then we came to our motel, the Silver Saddle, freshened up a bit and came across the highway to Cafe Castro, a Mexican Restaurant with good food and reasonable prices. And very close by.

The Cafe Castro last evening

 Our room is cozy. After supper we watched the Friday evening news. Tomorrow at 2p.m. is the wedding and we are also invited to a post-wedding supper. A big day!

Our motel in Santa Fe

This isn't our room but ours looks almost exactly like this