October 2022: Santa Fe Part II

The adventures continued with a visit to the Santa Fe Railyard for some shopping, a movie, and lunch at Second Street Brewery. The first snowfall of the year dropped on that chilly day. The next day we ate lunch and sampled pastries at Clafoutis, and because Debby is also a Longmire fan, we drove to Los Alamos and up into the Jemez Mountains to Valles Caldera. That was followed the next day by trip over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from Mora to Chimayo. Of course we stopped at Rancho de Chimayó for an early supper. The following day, a visit to Pecos was a first for me. The weather was windy and cold, but the skies, clouds, and ruins were spectacular. Back on the outskirts of Santa Fe, we had a late lunch at Harry's Roadhouse, one of of my many favorites.

First snow

Movies at the Violet Crown in the Railyard

Clafoutis is an authentic French bakery

Delicious apple tart

Early winter in Valles Caldera

Beautiful farm-scapes near Mora at the foot of

the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

The remnants of huge summer fires

Came here decades ago with Tony

Kris and Debby at Rancho de Chimayó

Pecos National Historical Park

Pretty little nameless (to me) flowers -- where is

Anders when you need him?

What a beautiful pile of melting adobe

Slivers of blue

Wild and beautiful New Mexico skies

I love NM

Meatloaf and pie at Harry's Roadhouse

There were a few more days in Santa Fe; they will follow in Part III. This is all for now.

OXO

D.