Diane and i had a day to ourselves today befor the family converges so we decided to spend it outdoors . We spent the morning climbing the alpine vista trail near Santa Fe .
Lots of signs of bear !
It started mildly enough.. but an out and a half in the snow for deeper . We didn’t have crampons or snowshoes so it got to be pretty slow growing . About two hours in we hit a patch of wind blown drift . The snow by that point was over our knees .. we had a great view by that point so we decided to head back. Still it was beautiful and pretty high energy hike
We got down happy and sore .. we decided to head to the Japanese hot spa at ten thousand waves .. such a great spot !
Now hanging out with Becky after a wonderful meal that she and diane made
Ok.. time to sleep
More tomorrow
Nite
All, nite Sam
-me