I slept in this morning and Mary didn\’t feel great, so we planned on taking it easy today and not doing anything too physical. We jumped in the van and set out for Taos, about 45 minutes away. On the way, I was reading about things to do in the area and asked Mary to take a detour. About 20 minutes later, we found the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Recreation Area. It was pretty hot today, and by this time we were out in the desert. So we didn\’t stay long, but it was still an awesome site to see.
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Cool looking tree, huh? The area was full of them.
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Afterwards, we continued on the journey to Taos. I wish I had checked comments on yesterday\’s entry first as Josh Williams had some excellent recommendations. Oh well. We managed to enjoy the trip anyway.
After dealing with a great deal of traffic in Taos (these people have a SERIOUS traffic flow problem), we found the town square with plenty of shopping. We had lunch at Ogilvie\’s. It rained a bunch while we were there. It\’s been amazing to watch the weather patterns here. It has been absolutely gorgeous in the morning… blue skies and perfect temperatures. In the afternoon, the clouds enter the picture and thunderheads build. Crash! Boom! It dumps a bunch of rain in a matter of minutes, and tapers to a drizzle. Then it clears up and it is beautiful again.
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We did some shopping in Taos and came back to the room. Socrates was glad to see us as he had been alone for six hours.
On the to-do list…
And I\’m sure we\’ll think of more. I am just enjoying the leisure and not having to go anywhere or do anything. Life is too hectic. I think I am going to quit my job, check out of society and become a hermit in the mountains. That way I\’d never have to shave… hmmmm…