Day 66 & 67 - Santa Fe, New Mexico

What a neat city. We drove to Santa FE and passed through Albuquerque on our way there. Today was the first day of the Albuquerque Balloon Festival which lasts 9 days. Didn't see and balloons since they were all done by 10:00AM. Along the I-40 jackie snapped some photos of lava that had erupted from the Colorado Plateau.

We saw these lava fields in Idaho, Utah and now New Mexico. It is caused by the same events that created the Rocky Mountains (the collision of the Pacific and North American Plates).

Santa Fe is at the foot of the Santo D'Christo Mountains. A very very nice location. We are staying here for at least 3 nights and hope to see a whole bunch of neat stuff. Days are warm, low 70s, Nights are cool, low 50s.

One of many shopping streets

St Francis of Assisi Cathedral

 We have learned to remove the camper from the pickup making it easier to get around and saving about 2 hours a day when we are at a camp for more than 1 night.