Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Ojo Caliente'....

What's good about Santa Fe? I have no idea. Matt and I didn't spend any time there..... we left Benny's, headed North towards the mountains (8,000 feet about sea level)!!! 

 We stayed with a Kayaking-courchsurfer and barely saw him all weekend. Matt and I didn't spend too much time in Santa Fe. We headed to Bandalier National Park - to climb amongst the swiss cheese rocks - without any water - half delirious - on a 100 degree day. We are definitely the tourists that people have to rescue. We were so thirsty, we almost knocked down a little eight year old girl skipping around, "I love water, I love water, water water." pouring her bottled water all over the desert. Next stop was Ojo Caliente - a spa in the desert. All these hot springs in the desert.... full of healing minerals from underground volcanic flows. Matt and I spend the whole night, hopping from spring to spring. When they closed at 10pm, we found a lone fire lit on the grounds - and sat down to dry off. A bunch of interesting travelers joined us. Sisters reuniting on a cross country trip, professors taking time off from work, a woman from NYC who tastes wine for a living..... we talked until Midnight.... Next morning The Rio Grande area was really quaint but during a construction route, someone kicked up some rocks at the mustang and the windshield cracked. It's about growing by the day - about 15 inches now, Matt wears his glasses all the time, he is sure the windshield going to implode on him. We're going to see if we can get it fixed tomorrow. We ate tacos in the mountians..... now we're in Denver. Hanging out with the photographer who shot me in the pine forest in Abq. He's out here on for work and offered us a hotel room. This is the nicest hotel that we have ever stayed in. It is call the "W" - There is a hot tub on the roof, overlooking the city.

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