Goodbye for now ...

Today for our last day in New Mexico we went on a very nice hike up in the Pecos Wilderness. Best of all, we followed a stream, so I got to swim whenever I wanted!

We were going to go up to some caves, but Mom and Dad got to thinking about packing for the airplane, so we turned around early.

The Panchuela River valley was really really beautiful, calm and cool.

There were trees with flashing leaves. (Dad says "Aspen".)

And tall piney trees all bunched together. ("Spruce/Fir".)

And just plain HUGE trees! ("Ponderosa".)

Blog you next trip! Love, Sundance.

Stayin' Local

Today we didn't go very far, and stayed cool. Went to the Farmer's Market in Santa Fe, where guess what? Now they allow dogs! (About time!) Then to the Plaza.

They were having a fair with stuff to eat, cheap jewelry and art, some good jewelry and art. Mom got a very nice pair of earrings. A man who made dog hats put one on me. I hated it! "He hates it!" said Mom. "He doesn't hate it!" said the man and took it off. He seemed very offended.

Then we went back down to Madrid where they were having a "Gypsy Festival." One of the things they offered was "belly dancing." Lots of bellies! I didn't get it.

Then back home for a relaxing afternoon. I forgot to mention that we put a new window in the big bedroom. It completely give us a new view to the Jemez Mountains out west, and the room is really bright and light now. I love it!

Hot Hike!

Yesterday we had a hot hike, but I didn't blog because last night we went into Santa Fe and watched a movie outside on the grass -- City Slickers. A lot of cows (I didn't get it).

Our hot hike was the long version of the Cerillos Hills. Mom says 2.5 miles and 90 degrees. As you can see, she and I found every piece of shade we could. Juniper trees make good shade.

Last night before the movie we went over to Lamy which is where the train stops, the one that goes across the country, and Mom treated Dad to a Father's Day dinner at Legal Tender (used to be part of a Fred Harvey hotel). Mom snuck me a piece of Rib Eye (I'm not supposed to have table snacks) and it was excellent! We ate looking back at these tall Indian sculptures watching us. 

June Flowers

We're back in New Mexico -- in the beautiful springtime. Me and Mom and Dad went for a nice hike in the hills behind Santa Fe -- where all the rich people live, but they carved out some trails for the rest of us. That's a prickly pear flower behind me.







Then these are Cholla flowers. We have a lot of these on our land. We're up on top of the hill now and looking for shade -- it's getting hot.



If you look the wrong way up there, you don't get beautiful views but huge houses. Dad said about this one, "A million dollars would just about pay for the garage."