Home Again

So now we're all back at home. This was a great vacation and doing the blog with the Sistas was so much fun! I would like to add my Best Of Vacation List:
Most Delicious Moment: Eating that cake with the cream cheese chocolate frosting that Phyllis made. Washed down with a glass of white wine, it was the perfect end to a day of hiking.
Biggest Disappointments: The "scenic byway" to Taos. It's definitely a trick that people play on the tourists. And the other disappointment was that when Gina wore the black swimsuit, the top did not fill up with air and give her gigantic air boobs. I was hoping to capture a picture of that for the blog.
Biggest Surprise: Nobody got a sunburn!
Second Biggest Surprise: Nobody got struck by lightning when we all went to Mass!
Most Fun Car Ride: That first night when we all squished into the truck for the trip from Mark and Phyllis' to the casita. Woo-hoo, no seat belts!
BEST HOSTS EVER: Mark and Phyllis - there is just not enough space to thank you enough for everything you did to make our vacation so much fun. The driving, the cooking, the great information about all the sights and just the fun company you provided was so wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
BEST SISTERS: All my vacation sisters! Let's do this again next year...start saving your pennies and practicing your blogging skills now! Love and kisses to all!

I'LL TRYto be brief!!!

The drive to Taos was beautiful and Jeralyn was great on the hairpin turns...I didn't know tires could make those kind of noises. WE got to enjoy the view while Jeralyn watched the road.... at least she said she was watching !!!! A great day was had by all ( shopping in the square, eating , just enjoying the atmosphere and the friendliness of all we met.). Back in Santa Fe we found Mark and Phyllis' house ( could we possibly be acclimating????) where we enjoyed pizza, wine ,and company of great friends!! The night sky with stars shining(it's really, really dark out there) is absolutey awesome. In the morning it was Albuquerque Airport (good-bye sniff-sniff to Cate) and then Old Town . ANOTHER Church ( The Spainish King required a Church in all settlements) . Church of San Felipe De Neri built in 1706 to honor King Philip. There is also a Convent so all of you needing a retreat take note!!!! I would post a picture BUT I CAN'T GET THEM DOWNLOADED!!! Will share later...bet you can't wait. ALLLLLLL right .... Coach outlet... a frenzy was had by all but when the dust settled, only Phyllis and Mary Ann had made a purchase. Back to the casita for our last evening. Dinner at Pronzo ( eeeekkkk!! We ate Italian in Santa Fe???? ) It was wonderful as was the window shopping on the way and the walk home where we had our last hot tub soak. Good-bye hot tub, I'll miss you!

Road trip to Taos

Hi! It's me again! Sistuh Jeralyn here! Wow! What a wonderful week we have had! Here's our test run on the car to see if it's really fixed. We took the so called scenic route to Taos which to us was nothing more than the longer way to go. Lots and I mean lots of hairpin turns. I guess that's the scenic part. Taos was another day of sensory overload with the spectacular art galleries,which of course are my favorite places to be, along with shopping. We took the supposed non-scenic route back to Santa Fe which was abosolutely beautiful! We dined at Mark and Phyllis' home on their stunning patio, viewing a lightening storm over the mountains while we dined on pizza and Phyllis' fantastic salad. And of course I almost forgot, the wine.

REWIND

O.K.... we've been a little slack about keeping up with our blog......BUT this vacation is so packed we come home exhausted....we even skipped the hot tub a couple of nights!!!!! Santa Fe is one of the top 3 cities in U.S. for art galleries. Canyon Road is THE place to explore art in Santa Fe. We were unable to see it all .....guess we will have to come back...YIPPEEEE!! Here are a few of my favorites.

Awash in tears!!!

We've run out of kleenex here at the casita 'cause we have to take our sistuh Cate to the Albuquerque cryport - to console ourselves after the weepy dropoff we're going to the Coach outlet!!! Woohoo!!!

MORE HIKING!!!!

Joan and Mary Ann passed on exploring the ruins of Pecos Pueblo. The rest of us enjoyed exploring Church ruins built by Spaniards in 1300's, destroyed and rebuilt AGAIN b y the Spaniards 12 yrs later. Those Spainards knew how to pick a view!!

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Chauffeur retires!

Here I am with Dave the mechanic. I love him! And Mark probably loves Dave about as much as I do, because now Mark is not our only means of transportation. But Mark, you're not rid of us yet!