A Weekend in Santa Fe

Em and I went to New Mexico for the weekend and stayed with her aunt. If you remember, we did this last summer, and I'm making it my personal mission in life to turn this trip into a yearly tradition. Her aunt is a world traveler and, at the age of 60+, has entered a seminary program. She is basically who I want to become in life.

On Friday we went to the hot springs at Ojo Caliente, about an hour outside Santa Fe. Despite growing up in a town famous for its hot springs, I'd never actually stepped foot in one before. And, let me tell you, now the bar is set very high. These springs are separated into various pools: iron, lithia, arsenic (yes, really!), etc., as well as the "cool" pool that was 89 degrees. Em and I would sit in the hottest one (the arsenic: 103 degrees) until our muscles melted, then hop right into the cool one. We called it the Polar Plunge. After biking to work on the reg, this was totes what my muscles needed to limber up.

I turned into a noodle and loved every minute of it.

And after all that relaxation, we went on a 7-mile hike the next day. Straight uphill. I don't think Em knows how to hike on level ground. I just about died. But, it was beautiful, and I like to think that I worked off at least one of the last thousand tasty meals...

Speaking of tasty meals, we went to a Georgia O'Keefe themed tasting night at the Drury Hotel in the Santa Fe Plaza. It was EVERYTHING. More about that soon! I now have to drink liters and liters of water, and go to work...