Horseback riding, & Santa Fe

Yesterday we had an excellent horseback ride at Stables on the Mesa, about 30 miles south of Albuquerque. All of their horses were rescued from the Alpo factory, meaning they were as close to becoming dog food as a horse can get. Since Rich told them he's only ridden 3 times, he got a 28 yr. old horse that wouldn't have gone beyone a trot if Rich wanted him to (he didn't). My horse, Lakota was EXCELLENT! She did whatever I wanted her to, including a nice canter (cantor?). We rode for 2 hours, which was just enough, as my seat bones were getting a bit tender, and my face got quite red from the sun, even though it was only 73, the sun was powerful.

Today we headed out to Santa Fe on the scenic back road, and found some nice scenery & construction. It took us 1 1/2 hours to get there, and 1 hour to get back on the major freeway. We spent the afternoon wandering around, looking at galleries, which wasn't too exciting. Then we stopped by a bird store where Rich took pics of some of the cuter birds we were allowed to play with. On the way back to Albuquerque, we tried to stop at the Sandia Peak Tramway, but unfortunately, it was closed for maintenance. We were really bummed, but then we remembered that our RV park has a deal, "stay for 4 nights, get the 5th free." So....since it was free to stay another night, we decided to. This way we can get Snug's feet trimmed in the a.m. and ride the tram in the afternoon. So...our next stop will be Holbrook, AZ for 1 night before arriving in Sedona on Sunday. We'll have internet in Sedona, so we should be able to keeup the blog.