Mary Anne and Steve's Travels

A mystery is explained.

Before we set off for a month or so of boating, I wanted to share some final photos from our second trip through the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest. Even though it was very hot, we managed to do a few short hikes and experience the terrain close-up.

A night at the El Rancho – a real “Old West” kind of place.

We visit the Soda Dam Hot Springs

There’s big and then there’s BIG.

We visit Los Alamos where the Atomic bomb was developed.

We revisit the home of Kit Carson.

I’m not even going to try to explain this. Twenty miles or so south of Taos, we found a collection of artifacts from the era of hot rods and drive ins.

If you’re expecting a definitive photo essay on the charms of Santa Fe, you’ll be sorely disappointed. But if you’d like to see a few of the things we did to amuse ourselves during our three day visit, read on.