March Madness

Cheryl, Marilyn & Denise at the Rancho de Chimayo Restaurant in Chimayo, NM.

March madness, for me, has nothing to do with basketball. How could it be mid MARCH already??? I arrived back in Taos in early January and the magic carpet ride has taken me on quite the journey. The Solari Hacienda was a fabulous place to spend my first winter in Taos, and the first winter in 10 years that produced the amount of snow that made the skiers and ski operators really happy. And then the thaw began, and the MUD.... so deep and powerful that it seemed to be sucking the car tires into it.....I actually went to the store to buy those black rubber boots and planned to make them a winter fashion statement.....but they were SOLD OUT!!!

New friends, new projects, new experiences, new insights.....maybe that's how it's come to be mid March already.

Here we are at El Farol on Sunday, during a long weekend in Albuquerque and Santa Fe with Denise and her colleagues in the nursing field in mid February produced great conversations, lots of laughing, an in depth conversation about the health care system in the U.S. among many other conversations. The Santuario at Chimayo, the Rancho de Chimayo restaurant, Starbucks, many of the churces in Santa Fe, the art galleries on Canyon Road, and the gospel choir on Sunday afternoon at El Farol were some of the highlights from our adventure.

Some photos of this adventure for your viewing pleasure are provided.