The road to Santa Fe!

A motorhome as tall as ours provides amazing vistas as we roll the highways. It was irresistible to shoot the changing terrain and a few classic Southwestern scenes--even though almost every photo is through the windshield.


I couldn't stop taking photos of wind turbines--as fuel prices pass $4/gallon, renewable energy is pretty attractive. And one thing the Southwest has a LOT of is wind. Once the terrain changed from high plains to high desert, we didn't see any more turbines. Another thing there is a lot of is open space. According to our campground host, New Mexico has more public than private land--although it is not publicly accessible, just government-owned. And Ted Turner owns large pieces of it. It's easy to imagine cowboys herding thousands of cattle across the scrubby land.


We (I) chose the wrong campground the first night. The idea was good, to be outside of town so we could see the stars, but it was a poorly laid out campground and we had a terrible time getting on a site. To its detriment, the campground was about 10 miles out of the center of town. Luckily, another campground close to the Plaza at the center of town had availability for the next night, so we could laugh it off knowing we'd be outta there in the morning. We're looking forward to exploring all that Santa Fe has both in town and out in the mountains surrounding it.