Day 3 "Achoo the Yuccas are in Bloom"

Wow, we are really like in vacation mode. We are not trying to cram 18 things into everyday. This morning we just took it easy. We got free wifi and I got my computer right on. Then Rob tried to get his on. I figured that he was doing something wrong. Nope, his computer just does not want to talk to the wifi. I am being nice and letting him use my computer. This means that he gets up early and lets me sleep so that he can stay on my computer. He keeps calling the tech people and they keep promising to solve the problem. He should be on by Friday, we leave Saturday. One fun thing about traveling is watching different local news and ads. This morning the local weather guy was talking about how it was the first full day of summer so we are in shorts weather. I looked up at the TV. The guy had on a suit and tie and instead of pants he had on shorts, but they matched the jacket that he had on. Like is there really a shorts suit? Oh well. The evening news the weather guy was doing it from his backyard, something went wrong with his feed so he said that he would just talk. I do not know what we were supposed to be looking at, but we could see his back and he did something on his computer. They switched back to the anchor desk and she just had a WTF look on her face. Then back to him, but it was still his back. When they went back to the anchor desk they just said something about "well, it is Monday." This afternoon we went to the Georgia O'Keefe Museum. It is walking distance from where we are staying. This did involve running across a very busy street. Well, I hustled, I do NOT run. If you see me running you should too because something is probably chasing me. I have always loved her artwork. You could listen at different paintings as you went along. I accidently closed it. Doh! On my way out I scanned the QR code again so that I could watch the videos and listen to the audio on different paintings after we got back. Then I closed all of the open tabs on my phone. Sigh, technology is great in the hands of people who know what they are doing. I went to this museum 17 years ago when we were here and it has really grown since then. I was able to take some photos. If a painting was on loan you were not allowed to photograph it. Enjoy the paintings:
We have noticed that they are very serious here about COVID protocols. When we went to the grocery store Sunday we wore masks because the majority of peoople had on masks. At the Folk Art Museum we were told that if we were fully vaccinated we did not have to wear a mask. We took those off fast. We saw billboards on getting your vaccine in several places along I-25. In the Georgia O'Keefe Museum masks were required. We passed several stores that said that masks must be worn to enter. The COVID rates here are very low. Today the Navajo Nation just lifted their "stay at home" order. I guess that they know what they are doing here. Dinner was going to be tamales from the Posa's Santa Fe Tamale Factory. We had choices to make. We could get red chile with pork or green chili with chicken. Which is hotter, green or red? Most times when we order I do ask which is hotter, red or green, and it is not always the same. I tell them that I am from Wisconsin so please be kind. Usually they laugh. We were ordering online so.... we guessed. Well we chose red chile with pork. I will tell you that if the green was hotter I am glad that we did not get that. We could get them either hot or frozen. We were going to have this for dinner for two nights, and we were picking it up well before dinner time. OK, we can freeze the ones that we do not want tohight and thaw the rest. Yeah, about that. We got a dozen tamales and they were in a bag that you could use to boil them. They were frozen solid. I tried to break it apart. No go. Then I tried to cut the bag so that maybe I could convince them to separate. Great, now all that I have done is made it so that I cannot use this bag to boil them. These are not the sharpest knives. I let them thaw for a while, still will not break apart. I started boiling the water early. 7,200 ft altitude boiling water takes longer. After the water starts to boil I put them into a zip lock bag that I am sure that I have squeezed out all of the air. I put it into the boiling water and that is when I find out how much air is still in that bag. If only I had not cut that damn bag. I cut up lettuce to eat with dinner and wow, that did help with the heat. There were delicious and well worth the drive across town.
The weather today has been beautiful. We hit about 80 degrees and the humidity is much lower than it is in Cincinnati. The heat returns tomorrow, but still low himidity. Next week it is supposed to be a week of 70's. We always know when to plan vacations.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 7 - "Watch Out for the First Step it's a Doozy"

Image
This is our last day in Santa Fe and our first day to really explore around the square. Rob starts packing the dirty clothes, we have to be out of here tomorrow by 10:00 am and our flight out of Albuquerque is not until 4:40. This does mean one more stop at El Modelo. We are getting something lighter to eat, not something that takes us 2 days to finish. After breakfast we got in the car and drove off to where I saw the pine nuts truck on Wednesday. Yeah, yeah, I am having my "Ahab moment" here. Nope, no pine nut truck. OK, water bottles filled - check, sunscreen, check - dorky tourist sun hats on, check. Time to take off for the square. Those selling on the sidewalk in front of the square are limited to members of the 23 federally recognized tribes in New Mexico. We are very lucky, this just reopened 2 weeks ago. Normally those selling are right noext to each other, now there is 6' between them and they extend around the corner. We were told that there is a lotter...
Read more

Day 1 Part 2 "Would it Have Been Faster to Drive Here?"

Image
We had rain overnight and it continued this morning. It poured the entire way to the airport, I mean the wipers were really going fast. If you have ever driven anywhere with me you would know that I tend to view speed limits and suggestions. I drove well under the speed limit. On our way to the airport we saw one car in the ditch and one accident. Good reminder to drive slowly. We get to the parking facility. They tell us what row to use and we drive and drive and drive. I am beginning to wonder if we are going to cross back into Ohio soon. Aha, we find a parking place, there was not a lot left to this row. We struggle to get the sun shade up, not easy, it is not big enough for my van. I pop the hatch for Rob and start to get myself pulled together. I go to the back of the van and only see our "personal" bags, not the rolling suitcases. Momentary panic! Did we leave them at home? Oh, the shuttle driver took them out of the van for us. OK, blood pressure should drop by noon. ...
Read more

Day 5 "Oh Ye'll Take the High Road and I'll Take the Wrong Road"

Image
Did you ever have a day when you woke up excited about the day ahead and then reality smacks you in the head? Yeah, reality sucks. We started the day with frozen cottage cheese. Not the most exciting breakfast. When we travel I do the majority of the driving and Rob is the navigoar. He has this amazing ability to look at a map and remember where and when we need to turn. I call him Vasco da Gama. Every once in a while Vasco gets confused or in the case today the State of New Mexico is not exactly generous with signage. We took off with lots of water, my camera, a couple of sodas and hope for a great day. Just out of town we saw someone selling pine nuts on the side of the road. Tomas on the walking tour yesterday told us to look for trucks selling the pine nuts. He had some for us to sample and they do taste a lot better than what I have been buying. We went past too fast to stop but tomorrow we will be heading to Ghost Ranch. I have a lot of basil growing at home so it is almost pe...
Read more