On our way home from a really wonderful trip to be with Gabe, Max and Becky at Max and Becky’s  new place near SantaFe.. It’s been a super fun and relaxing trip.. lots of outdoor hiking, running.. some great meals.. and verreally y nice hanging out. Their place is really magical.. out in  the woods in a super beutiful canyon. Lots  of interesting things on their propoerty.. quirky enough to be a gret place for max

 

today diane and I woke up early  and took Zora, the dog max and becky are dogsitting on a short run 

 

 

then a quick good bye to the house.. and off to harry’s for breakfast.. then albequerque 

 

look.. I’m glowing !

 

first stop there was Surplus city.. what an amazing place.. they had EVERYTHING !

 

lots of stufdf from the sandia weapons lab 

 

row and rows of wonderful junk !

 

like this high energy argon laser !

 

need a file cabinet ? 

 

a super conducting magnet ? 

 

right next to each other.. 

 

next stop was petroglyph national monument.. about 2 miles of cool rock art from the last 1000 years

 

there qwere beutiful veiws from there 

 

from there we headed down tot eh Rio Grande to check that out.. there was a cute park there.. 

 

we ended up with a great dinner  at an  old 1930s converted roadside motel 

 

then a quick goodbye.. and max, becky and gabe headed back to santa fe, while diane and I headed to the airport 

 

now about to board our flight  back to albany.. then a 3:30 am drive home..

 

will be nice to get back to vermont.. 

 

such a great vacation !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me