As we made our way south from Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado to New Mexico, there were plenty of cool things to see as the landscape continued to change and impress us.
We spent a really fun week eating and exploring in New Mexico. Our first stop put us in Santa Fe for 4 nights. We were welcomed to the area with a hail storm that started just minutes after we got the RV set up in her spot at the campground.
Excited to have some authentic New Mexican cuisine, the first night we treated ourselves to dinner and a show at the famous, El Farol. It was Addie’s first time to see Flamenco dancers and she loved it.
Everyone knows our favorite meal is always tacos, burritos, or nachos, so it should be no surprise that our plan was to eat out as many different places as possible while in New Mexico. A few of the restaurants embraced the celebration of the Day of The Dead.
With our belly’s full, we went exploring and found the Plaza in Old Town Santa Fe. Not our favorite shopping district, as the shops all felt touristy with low quality trinkets. The architecture though was so distinctive with the stucco and muted brown color.
Addie was slightly hesitant to let us have a date night knowing that she missing out on some very yummy food, but finally caved when we agreed to take her out to eat the next day.
Addie got her wish, even though the weather was fairly unsettled we ventured out and found tasty grub and refreshing cold beer.
Our time in Santa Fe was most enjoyable.
We made the short drive to Albuquerque for a 2 night stay. We set up quickly and were ready to go exploring by early afternoon. Restless to see the sights, we made our way to the Petroglyph National Monument. There are over 24,000 images here thought to be made 400-700 years ago.
All that hiking made us thirsty, we were thankful to find a refreshing beverage.
The next day we went to check out Albuquerque Old Town. Lots of neat shops and restaurants surrounding the town square center.
Our last morning in town we were up and out early, perched high on a hill with our eyes glued to the horizon, eagerly awaiting the sight of hot air balloons. It was the first morning of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta and each of the elementary schools around the valley was going to be launching a balloon at 7:30am.
New Mexico did not disappoint. We greatly enjoyed all of our exploring, shopping and especially eating. From here we are headed to Arizona.
I loved Sante Fe. Taos and Albuquerque. We went to the balloon festival that day there were like 500 balloons in the air. We actually went up in one, it was awesome.