Santa Fe, NM

Over Columbus Day weekend, we went on a trip with Julie's company, Light Management Consulting, to Santa Fe, NM. We stayed in the Hotel St. Francis, which was downtown and a short walk to the shops and scenic areas.

Mountains of Santa Fe

There were dried chilies hanging on most porches and balconies.

Dried Chilies

We visited Bandelier National Monument, where we saw Native American dwellings and hiked down the canyon to the Rio Grande River.

Foundations of Indian dwellings in Bandelier National Monument

Foundations of a town

Cave dwellings

Phil in the cave entrance

The cliff wall was filled with caves and the remains of buildings that were built up against the cliff

Turkey petroglyph

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There were lots of dried chilies in Santa Fe!

Frijoles Canyon - The Beans Canyon

A waterfall

Julie & Phil in front of the waterfall

Camel Rock

On the second day of our trip, we hiked part of an 11,000 ft mountain. We drove about 10,000 ft up the mountain and then hiked the last 1,000 ft. Some of us could definitely feel the decreased oxygen at the high altitude.

Santa Fe Baldy Mountain in the background

Deception Mountain in the background
This is where we aimed to hike to, but we didn't quite make it.

It was cold at the top of the mountain