Memorial Day Weekend

We spent a super short & speedy Memorial Day weekend in Albuquerque, NM. When we moved nearly two years ago, they had almost finished the Santa Fe leg of the Rail Runner, New Mexico's first commuter train. From Albuquerque, the train kind of meanders it's way along the 5o miles before emerging between the north and south bound lanes of I-25 on the way into Santa Fe. Pretty neat!

Here the kids are, patiently trying to wait...

Once in Santa Fe, we headed for the plaza. On the way there, we stopped at Rooftop Pizzeria. Greg and I let the kids & Rasha share a boring ol' cheese pizza while we devoured this amazingly good pie. It had roasted chicken, green chile, cotija & asadero cheeses, alfredo sauce, pinon, and avacado.

It. Was. Delicious.

Seeing as how we didn't even get into town until 2 a.m. Saturday (which was really 3 for us) and that we slept until just about noon, we really didn't have much time left in our day to enjoy old town. The last train of the day departed at 6:30, so we took a quick stroll around the plaza, then headed back to the depot.

On the way, we stopped so all the kiddies could get their picture made (See... I'm practicing my Texan) in front of this awesome mural. Yes, Greg is a kiddie, too!

The ride back was gorgeous! I love seeing the mountains. I miss being in the desert! The scenery just seems so much grander here! The sky is so big, the clouds seem so close, I can look out and see all the topography of the land. Oh, New Mexico, how I miss thee!

Gage kept us entertained with his whistling practice.

Looks like somebody needed to rest her eyes for a bit.

Here are some older pics...

I haven't taken any pictures lately so I decided to dig into the stash that's been builing up over the years and nobody's seen...

Two years ago we went spent a weekend in Carlsbad, New Mexico. We took a boat ride up the Pecos River, which is spring fed and very calm. There are beautiful homes on either side. Sometime I'd like to go back for Christmas on the Pecos. There's a nice little park the girls played at...

HAPPY

SAD
GOOFY


We also went to Carlsbad Caverns and made the steep 1 1/4 walk down into the cave. Here the girls are at the entrance to the cave. This is where every evening nearly 400,000 bats exit the cave to feast on insects. As adventurous as we may be, this was not something any of us wanted to see! I did have to laugh when I was gathering pictures for this post today and I noticed thier shirts... "Royal Pain" "Blame my Sister" and "I didn't do it"


Down in the cave... Kiara made me stop at every one of those darn signs and read it to her.



We also went to The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens but apparently I neglected to take any pictures. They have a black bear there, Maggie, who has taken a liking to painting. Unfortunatly, the day we were there it was super hot and she had taken refuge in the shade so we didn't get to see her at work.