So today we finally got out on the road and did some stuff. Mom and Dad went to about 100 yard sales in Santa Fe picking up all sorts of bargains for the new casita in Madrid, such as pots and pans, collanders, knives and all kinds of things we will need. (OK, it was maybe 10, but it felt like 100 by the time they started keeping me in the car.)

Then we went out on a hike in the little town of La Cienega, south of Santa Fe. The hike was not all that long, maybe a mile, but it was very steep and the afternoon was very hot. Mom started feeling pretty sick from the heat and had to stop a couple of times in the shade of several juniper trees.

Dad was very insistent that we keep going (although I also would have been perfectly happy to turn around and go down), and finally we got up to the top of a ridge and I could see why he wanted us to keep on: a beautiful view of a huge gorge that the Santa Fe River has cut through country that not many people have ever seen.

Relaxing tonight, after cooling down and sleeping some. Tomorrow another hike but I think it's going to be a cooler one.