Oct 5-7: Espanola, NM

So here we are in Espanola, NM. You may ask why we are here. Well, if you saw this campground, you would really wonder why we are here. It was one of the campgrounds on our membership parks and all of us, (yes, there are still 3 rigs traveling together) had the same membership park. So, as I said, here we are. No, you do not get to see a picture of this campground.

The advantage of Espanola is that it is between Taos and Santa Fe. So on Thursday, we spent the day in Taos and on Friday we spent the day in Santa Fe.

Pictures from Taos.............







































While in Santa Fe, we spent money and boy did we do that well. We went to the Teseque Pueblo flea market and Barb bought me an African Drum for my birthday. It is really a great looking drum and according to the vendor, it comes from Ghana. Whether that is so or not, I am excited with it and plan to again join the drumming group while in Apache Junction. We each purchased earrings while there and I found a Mexican pewter serving tray.

After shopping at the flea market, we went to the Plaza in Santa Fe, had lunch at The Shed and then browsed among the Native American vendors in front of the Governer's Palace. There we purchased a beautiful sterling silver bracelet with turquoise inlaid stones. This will be our Chanukah present to each other and we will share wearing the bracelet.

So we did okay shopping. Today we are staying home and just relaxing. Barb did laundry, cleaned the coach and I drained the tanks and worked on the blog. We also both watched the final day of the World Series of Poker.

Tomorrow we leave for the balloon fest in Albuquerque. We will stay there a week. This is the largest balloon fest in the country; they are expecting 700-800 balloons. So hopefully, my next posting will have pictures of hot air balloons.

Love to all of you