We loved seing Steve, Mathew, Caroline, Shannon and Aaron on the river  yesterday.. but we still wanted to see Kate, Mathew and Carolines 17 month old daughter Anna and Shannon and Aarron’s Great Dane Frank.> So early today  Max, Becky, Diane and I drove out to near where max and Becky used to live. In fact, Steve and Kate were renting and AirBNB  from the same guy we’d rented a house from a couple of Thanksgivings ago. .. Luckily we checked the address, as it wanst the same house.

It was so great seeing the rest of the family. We spent a coupel of hours hanging out and catching up with thes guys,. tey are soem of our oldest freinds.. we met them in pittsburgh when Kate and I were both in grad school.

Annaisbeutifulandfun..sheisaperfectcrossbetweenMathewandCaroline

Frank the 140 pound great dane was pretty cute too !. He’s big enough to ride !

It was so great catching up.
We drove back to town… and dropped max of at the prep for the Memorial Service for Matt King. HE’s workign on soem of the prep for that..

Diane and I took a hikle up in the hills to escape the heat.. t

hen met up with George and Doreen for a walk around the Santa Fe Plaze.. We accidentally stuymbled on  one of our favorite restaurants in Santa Fe . Mucho Gusto.. and had a great early-ish  dinner  of their famous Mole.

  nite all, nite sam,

-me

Today was really special… Our old freinds Steve and Kate and their kids and partners were also in the Santaa Fe area this week. They’re here celebrating Steves dad Marvin’s 90th birthday. We hadn’t been able to meet up with them sooner because we were all covid carriers.. bit by this time we think we’re pretty clean.. and we decided to do something outdoors together. We picked a 3 h.5 hour rafting ride down class 2 and 3 rapids on the Rio Grande. It was . so fun !> The water was up and fast due to the rains… so it pr’omised ”to be a good ride.   We met Steve, , his son mathew.. one of Max’s earliest freinds. , mathews wife caroliine , Steves daughter shannon and Shannon’s huspband Aaron at the place about an hour east of Santa Fe and got our gear.. they then bussed us up several miles on the river..   and  tossed  us  in! Steve, Diane and I were in one boat with a great guide named Brian. Max, Mathew Caroline, Aaron and Shannon were in another boat. There were enough rapids and features to make it interesting.. only a few folks fell in.. none of us did though 

It was so great getting together  !

we headed back to Santa Fe and met back up with Becky and Beckys folks .. We decided to head out to a pop up Pizza restaurant at the  hotel Del Rey. It was a really cool retro place.. we made a picnic in the grass and ate. the pizza was great  !

Very full and dun day !
nite all, nite sam

-me

Today Diane, George and I were feeling 100%.. Diane tested ‘nearly’ negative..  so we took an early morning fast hike up at Dale Ball Sierra Del Norte. They’re still not up to running.. but we walked at nearly a joggers pace. It was a beautiful morning

We spent the day working and hanging out at Max and Beckys.
Then we went back to our house picked up Vietnamese food (yum) and listened to George play guitar (he’s good !)

And we binge watched a few more episodes of Dark Wind.. the new AMC mystery series about life and crime on the Dene reservations of this are which was set in 1971. Its beautifully filmed.. and really drives home the discrimination of native peoples .

note all, nite sam

-me

Another quiet day. George , Doreen , DIane and I took a morning walk to the Farmers market in the rail yard.. It’s a short walk from here. Max and Becky live in a great part of town !

The market didn’t have much, but we saw some interesting public art.

We hung out the rest of the day at Max and Beckys working around the yard. A couple of friends came by.. To talk to Becky and Max.. One of the founders of Meow Wolf Matt King died suddenly a few days back and many of the folks who work  there are coming together to remember Matt..     and hold space for him.
our friend Justin came by

As did our friend Chad..   We  got  take  out  from  cowgirl  and  chad  joined  us

It’s a tough time for many of the folks around here now

nite all, nite sam

-me