Taos

It is Friday night and we are staying in an historic hotel in Taos for the weekend. Our van is currently in the shop getting a cozy rest and check-in starting Monday. We have been hearing rattling sounds coming from various places that have been getting progressively worse, so have decided to get it checked out and ultimately fixed. We are also hoping that this garage can get our A/C up and running too, as we will be driving through some warm places in the near future. But in the mean time we have rented a car and are staying at the San Geronimo Inn, which is almost 100 years old, original adobe construction. It is set up against a canyon and mountain range overlooking the larger Sangre de Cristo mountains. It is a magnificent setting.

I woke up this morning to walk to dogs at the RV campground, with amazing sunrise light and there were clouds capped over the high peaks and dark clouds in the distance beyond. Later in the morning we caught some flurries in the midst of mostly sunny skies, and then later the dark clouds passed through the valley and brought some brief snow showers. It was quite dramatic! I have been told that just 3 weeks ago it was negative 25 degrees here, and last week it was 60 degrees (above zero). I hear it has been snowy and cold back in Maine, and I am so happy thinking that I am missing that (sorry Mainers!). I don't have much else to say about our day, but hopefully by the end of the weekend I will have some interesting things to report about our exploration of Taos. I am definitely glad we are (slightly) stranded here, and very curious to explore it as much as possible....