Santa Fe, United States Travel Blogs

Chips and Salsa
Aug 5, 2009

    We were a bit disappointed last night when we believed we were entering Santa Fe. There was nothing around but pure desert. Until we stumbled upon the center of the town. There was a one block radius where everyone seemed to be gathering ...

The Art Scene
May 17, 2006 (5 photos)

... be the day many of them choose so we hopped on our bikes and after a few wrong turns and some very curvy roads we arrived in Santa Fe. We enjoyed our afternoon looking at jewelry and rugs and Kwon, we didn't buy a thing so we don't need the trailer yet. ...

Stuck in Santa Fe
Apr 18, 2009 (14 photos)

... ; We stayed at the Chapelle Street Casitas/Casa del Toro. We love it here. We highly recommend it to anyone passing through Santa Fe. I'm sitting in the kitchen of our 3 room casita, #317 D. The birds are chirping outside and the snow is melting ...

Back in Santa Fe!
Dec 2, 2008 (12 photos)

10/31/08-12/01/08       It's tough to sum up a month of activities, so here is our best attempt.  Amy is now three months pregnant.  Craig's friend, Kurt (also a traveling therapist), is sharing a house with us.  ...

Santa Fe
Sep 12, 2008 (1 photos)

... with not much to see. We arrived about 2.30pm in Santa Fe. After checking in we went for a stroll along the streets. Santa Fe is very unusual because the buildings all look similar like pueblo indian ( rendered brown) . Lots of fabulous shops - mainly ...

Cocoa Still Missing
Sep 17, 2008 (4 photos)

Unfortunately I still have to report that Cocoa is still missing. We are all dumbfounded as to how she was able to go missing and where she could have wandered to. Steve spent the afternoon yesterday searching while I was getting my hair done. Then we ...

Albuquerque / Santa Fe, NM
Apr 10, 2006 (14 photos)

... stretch of incredible contemporary art galleries and studios. En route back to our hotel, the driver takes us on a roundabout tour of Santa Fe's residential areas, and we're at the hotel just long enough to catch a nap before dinner. Dinner at "the ...

High Road to Taos backwards
Feb 24, 2006

... would have been a nice experience, I think. Here I got a bit lost and ended up joining up with the faster way to Santa Fe. Warning: there are traffic signals in the middle of the highway! I almost ran a red light, not expecting one to be around. ...

Santa Fe - The Plaza
Sep 9, 2008 (10 photos)

... chatting about dog behavior and about life in general...making major changes in your life as an older adult. Nancy had moved to Santa Fe without a job and place to live a number of years ago. She loves it here, and although she would not necessarily ...

From cowboys to indians, down Route 66
Aug 9, 2009 (26 photos)

... though we haven't yet succumbed to drive through ATMs, pharmacies and liquor stores like the yanks, who are seriously large ! The drive to Santa Fe was down the iconic Route 66.  It is no longer there, but parts of the Interstate I-40 run on ...

Gettin' Our Kicks on Route 66
Dec 12, 2007

... cars.  Turns out it was closed by 3.00pm.  In fact, we are not sure when it was opened last. Drive on to Santa Fe.  Snow on the roadside and in Santa Fe, its everywhere, thanks to the storm that dumped all that ice in Oklahoma. Drive ...

Santa Fe plaza and Canyon Rd.
Feb 3, 2008 (25 photos)

2/2/08           Today we meandered through the streets, alleys, and galleries of Santa Fe.  We started at the plaza and worked our way from downtown up to Canyon road, with a couple of stops at ...

Whooping it up with Tracy and John!
Jun 2, 2008 (30 photos)

... we all went out for dinner at Maria's.  The night went on as we stopped at The Matador and Evangelo's, to experience Santa Fe's night life.  While Craig walked around sick and John was mingling, Amy and Tracy chatted it up with a man claiming to ...

One last ski
May 4, 2008 (17 photos)

05/03/08      Last weekend we already started to miss the snow, so we headed up to higher elevation to do some skiing one last time.  Since the lifts at the local ski area were closed for the season, we had to "earn" our way ...

Catch up on micellaneous events from last few week
Mar 28, 2008 (17 photos)

     This blog entry is a catch up on the miscellaneous adventures from the last few weeks.  Random events include driving through a dust storm, running through a dessert, attending the Banff Film Festival and racing up a ...

santa fe
Sep 10, 2007

cold campsite

We Drove to the New Mexico Capitol City
Jul 24, 2009 (3 photos)

... in the Plaza and I got an Indian necklace.  It is a lightning bolt and the Indians say it means Energy!  It was a 2 hour drive to Santa Fe.  When we got back to the campground, I went swimming in the pool.  The middle is the deep end!

Santa Fe - Yeah, We Made It!
Sep 8, 2008 (10 photos)

... we are not going to risk the additional mileage by going to Calgary on our way to Vancouver and instead go directly there from here in Santa Fe. Once we got the tires changed, we were on our way from Oklahoma through Texas to New Mexico. At a rest area/ ...

Rest in Peace, Kodiak
May 24, 2008 (35 photos)

5/22/08     This blog is in remembrance of our beloved Kodiak, who was put to rest Thursday  morning at around the age of 14.  We adopted Kodiak from the Siberian Huskey Assist program in Jan of 2006.  Prior to being ...

On the way to Santa Fe
Dec 28, 2007 (10 photos)

... the tourist destinations. With a quick recommendation from a local we found ourselves at Tortilla Flats about 5 miles away from downtown Santa Fe. A local favorite and definatley not filled with tourists. Brent had the Red Chili pork ribs and I had the ...

Taos and Santa Fe exploration
Sep 9, 2008 (4 photos)

After three weeks on the road, we needed a bit of a rest. So after driving down to Santa Fe from Taos, we spent most of the afternoon relaxing in our room. Though we did manage to get out for some nice food and a bit of a browse in the local shops. And ...

Hiking Among Tented Mountains
Mar 25, 2007 (10 photos)

... adventure! The hike was awesome with great views, blue sky, and actually a fun little trek. After we hit whole foods (reminded us of our old home in Santa Monica) and than to the Georgia O'Keefe Museum, which was really good although pretty small!

Cocoa Missing in Action
Sep 16, 2008 (6 photos)

... day for us...lots of worries. On the bright side, I made an appointment to have my hair professionally done at a salon here in Santa Fe. We will be sure to get before and after photos for the blog. It is hard to do anything without having this big knot ...

Meeting Judith's Mom - Dorothy
Sep 14, 2008 (9 photos)

... " a new park and public facility. We took Judith's mother Dorothy. This was our first meeting with Dorothy since arriving here in Santa Fe. She herself has had a very interesting life. She is 80 and lives on her own in an apartment not far from Judith and ...

Santa Fe
Sep 13, 2008 (3 photos)

... galleries and some restaurants. Kiara-Lee and David went home, while Trish and Ellen took a guided walking tour around downtown Santa Fe. We learnt lots about the history of Santa Fe and saw some fabulous buildings. We were very impressed with the Loretto ...

More of Santa Fe
Mar 10, 2008 (20 photos)

... has brought more sun and snow.  The Sangre De Cristo mountains just above town received three feet of powder this week while Santa Fe itself has been seeing warm temperatures in the 50s and 60s.  Last weekend we taught our friend, Emily, how to ...

New Mexico--Santa Fe Albuquerque Amazing Scenery
May 9, 2009 (30 photos)

... colored walls with turquoise stripes (not grey like you usually see) and adobe-style barriers.  Old Town was disappointing after Santa Fe, having not nearly the preserved charm of Santa Fe. We saw the San Felipe de Neri Church (over 300 years ...

A visit from Amy's mom, sister and nephew
May 12, 2008 (22 photos)

... 12/08       For mother's day, Amy's mom, sister and 11 month old nephew came down to Santa Fe for a girl's weekend.  Calvin (Amy's nephew) had little say in the matter, but tolerated getting escorted around art galleries, ...

We get culture
Jul 16, 2008 (6 photos)

... an astonishing collection of intriguing artwork. After the exhausting gallery tour, we went to lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Santa Fe plaza, the Ore House. We had a better meal than the one at Café Pasqual's and it was ...

Santa Fe, NM
Jan 18, 2008 (10 photos)

... nbsp; After Amy made a brief visit to the emergency room, we finally arrived at the destination for our next assignment:  Santa Fe, NM!  We were extremely psyched to arrive here.  From the first moment we stepped in our century-old adobe ...