Tag: Santa Fe
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Apache Nugget saves the day
The weather report called for high winds today and boy were they ever! We drove north from Santa Fe, cutting west on scenic Highway 96 towards Highway 550, which would take us into Colorado. The gusts blew anything and everything that wasn't nailed down…including us. A veil of dust covered the landscape, creating a…
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Santa Fe is a restful stop on Southwest tour
After driving nearly 2,000 miles in eight days, we found a rest stop in Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico. We found excellent food with a Southwest flavor, more than 200 art galleries, and a city dominated by pueblo architecture. Santa Fe is the oldest and highest-elevation (7,200 feet) capital in the United…