santa fe {part 2}

Our first stop, well probably our 5th, after eating and bathroom stops,

was Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas.

We wanted to stop there last year, but didn't, so we made sure to do it on the way this time.

You can take your own spray paint and paint the cars, but we didn't have any with us.

It was so neat to see this up close, after seeing it in magazines and on tv shows over the years.

Such a cool place.

Boyd giving a thumbs up!

We finally got to Santa Fe after a day of driving.

We knew exactly where we wanted to go, after checking into the hotel.

We had this chile con queso dip last year,

and I've dreamed of it ever since.

So we headed straight to Tortilla Flats restaurant.

The next day we headed to the downtown square.
The weather was perfect, and we love to people watch down there,
shop and eat more good chiles.
Boyd played frisbee and ran and ran and ran.
We had breakfast burritos at the same place we had them last year,
Burrito Co. Cafe.

Then we went to Maria's for lunch.
I had chiles rellenos and my mom had tamales.
It was a delicious place to eat.

Weck's is another great place to have breakfast, if you are ever in Santa Fe.
Get their bowl of papas, with red or green chiles, and a meat and cheese and egg.
YUM.

We headed up to Taos to skip rocks in the Rio Grande.
I thought we were going to get rained on, but we only got a few sprinkles.
We did this last year, and so it was fun to come back to the same place.
There were a bunch of whitewater rafts coming in for the day,
and Boyd loved seeing them.
{I love the drive up to Taos, but those damn falling rocks signs always make me a bit nervous}.

I am so very glad that we took a day trip to the town of Abiquiu.
I highly recommend this.
We visited this breathtaking lake,
and Ghost Ranch, where Georgia O'Keeffe lived and painted, and loved.
I can see why she was so inspired here.

 

 

If you're ever in Santa Fe, you must eat at The Shed, downtown on the square.
We had the blue corn enchiladas, with red chile sauce.
We were on fire eating these red chiles,
but WOW it was an amazing meal.

Thank you Santa Fe, for being so beautiful,
and delicious!

My sweet boy,
his favorite part of the trip was jumping on the beds at the hotel.
Go figure.

Thanks mom for the great trip.

 We really missed Kevin.
It's always good to be home.

love,
nicolle