Thursday - A little Rain must fall

Well, it does have to rain at some point on an Anderson vacation, even in Santa Fe. But does it have to rain all day?

We headed to Canyon Road to check out the "art scene." I had been told that I HAD to see Thirteen Moons Gallery. They have a lot of fiberart, but it is kind of out there. You know the kind of stuff that you stand there and stare and and go, uh huh, while everyone else is smiling and nodding. We went in and out of several other galleries some good art, some bad art. I was finding a correlation between ugly art and price. The uglier the art, the more expensive it is. There were some beautiful glass pieces, all out of my price range, but beautiful. Since it was raining we were about the only patrons so gallery owners were all over us when we came in.

After a nice lunch at the casita, we went off to look at some new housing in Santa Fe. We still have this on our "maybe" list for retirement. I don't know if we can afford the lotion to keep my skin from drying out. After looking at housing here, I do have one question: "Where do people here keep their stuff?" No attic, no basement, no storage. With planned neighborhoods, I don't see them letting you have a little shed in the back yard. We also have the problem with all the weaving stuff. We looked at one condo that was nice and the real estate agent and I decided that we could live in the townhouse then buy the condo next door for a studio. Bob/Rob/Robert didn't see the humor in this.

After looking at houses we went to the railyard district. This is the old Santa Fe Railroad station that is being turned into an art and community center. There was one gallery that had a lot of fiber, old and new. Some very intricate baskets and ceremonial clothes were impressive.

For dinner we went to El Parasol, we actually got food from there. This is one of those places that caters mainly to the locals. The food is great. The tacos come right out of the frier and are not on anyone's diet. This is the kind of food that you go back to Michigan and wish that you had a place like this at home.