We enjoyed a fairly pleasant journey from Grants to Santa Fe; the temps warmed up quickly and soon any evidence of the previous day's snow was gone except for what we could see in the distance on the mountain tops.

Coming into Albuquerque, NM

Crossing the Rio Grande!

Looking toward Santa Fe

Scene on 4/4/12--all the snow had melted away by the next day!

Only one incident marred the 4 hour trek--a semi passing us kicked up a road rock and chipped our windshield.  #$#%!&!$  Once we set up in the Santa Fe Skies RV park, Corky called SafeLite Glass Repair and was pleased to find that our insurance will cover the repair totally.  We will stop at their shop in Pueblo, CO on Friday on our way north to have the windshield repaired.

Here are a few pics of some of Santa Fe's attractions:

Plastic rosaries hang from the tree's branches

This stairway has no supports.  It was originally constructed without  railings.   The story goes that the chapel was built with no good access to choir loft; nuns prayed for someone to help them build stairs/ladder; a carpenter arrived and set to work building the spiral staircase, then disappeared without asking for payment for his craft or his materials--the nuns believe it was St. Joseph himself!

This National Historic Landmark is the Palace of the Governors--built in the 17th century!  It is one of the few original adobe structures in Santa Fe,  Native American artisans exhibit and sell their works of art beneath the Palace portal. 

Adobe bricks along the left side of this structure

This generations' old mud/straw house must be recoated every 3 to 5 years.  Updated on the inside, the owners have promised grandparents to maintain the original adobe exterior and to NEVER stucco over the adobe walls.   

St. Miguel's Mission, the oldest church in the USA, built in 1610

Sculpture greets visitors to Museum Hill

Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi

State Capitol building

We plan to head out tomorrow for Colorado, making a stop in Pueblo for glass repair (and to pick up government documents--remember those advertisements!   HA, HA).  Depending on how long it takes to complete the work, we'll probably continue to Colorado Springs for our overnight stay.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Don't forget to nuke your PEEPS!!  (Watch a PEEP Chick GROW into BIG BIRD--10 sec. in the microwave)  Simple pleasures!