Road to Chama, New Mexico

We are in Alamosa, Colorado, right now getting here last Monday.  But last Saturday while still in Espanola, New Mexico we took a trip north to Chama to visit Teddy’s parents.

We drove north on Hwy 84, which was first for us.  We are well familiar with the major roads of New Mexico, but have never driven on this particular road.  What we saw was awe striking.

Driving through Los Ojos I spied Tierra Wools…well anytime I see the words “wool” you know I’m going to stop.  So glad we did. They have their own sheep and even raise Shepard’s Lamb for the meat which is highly sought after.

What a beautiful place all full of yarn, looms, rugs and table runners.  The old building, that at one time had been a hardware store, had beautiful old wood floors that creaked.  There were a couple of wood stoves warming the building and was so in keeping with the store.

Tierra Wools offer classes in yarn dying, spinning and weaving from one to four day sessions.  Look at the six beautiful looms they have in the back and the colorful yarns they offer.

Local artisans have their creations on sale

Here’s Roberta, Teddy and the parents and a photo of a building I thought was very picturesque.

    

After a nice lunch we visited another friend at their beautiful home, much of the work they did themselves. 

    

On the way home Teddy drove us through some more beautiful country including seeing and feeding deer peanuts and getting my finger bit.

    

We even saw Linda Hunt’s house of NCIS Los Angeles fame – so pretty.

    

It was a very nice day with seeing a yarn shop, good food, good company and nice scenery.  Doesn’t get any better than that for me.

Remember, you are loved.

Snow in Spring

Last couple of days has been very windy with high gusts, but yesterday we also had SNOW!  Yes, the “S” word!!! That horrible, disgusting word all fulltime RVers avoid at all costs.  Well, it found us somehow.  No, it wasn’t a lot.  No, it didn’t accumulate on the ground.  But it was still SNOW. We drove back to Santa Fe to get more LED lights at Home Depot and had to drive through falling snow, ugh!!!

Jim is still helping Teddy finish up their living room remodel and we needed to get a few things for him at Home Depot also.  On a side note – Santa Fe passed an anti-plastic bag law, so now you have to bring your own bag to most Santa Fe stores.  Walmart is using large paper bags, but places like Bed, Bath and Beyond provide nothing.  Home Depot at least has orange nylon bags with their name on it for 50 cents.

Before we left Santa Fe we decided to try a new restaurant called Wek’s.  Their slogan is “The Bigger the Better” and it sure does describe their portion sizes.  They have a section of their breakfast menu for Papas (potatoes) with different toppings plus eggs.  They describe this selection has starting with “a mountain of potatoes”.  We saw a cinnamon roll being served and it was a good 5 inch square.  

We both had Huevos Ranchero and it was very, very good.  Two eggs on top of corn tortillas smothered in green chili, beans, hash browns, cheese with a flour tortilla served in a little cup for $8.99.

I made a tamale pie casserole and pinto beans for dinner for all of us and Teddy (who is always giving me heck) even said it was pretty good. We stayed at their house and enjoyed some TV.  We don’t usually watch comedy TV shows and I must say, I was shocked at how sexually explicit the comedies are now a days.  Sandy and Charles Lee got us into The Big Bang Theory which is cute, but then came The Millers and Two and a Half Men and I was pretty shocked at the explicit innuendos. Oh, well, back to watching Hallmark Movie channel on Thursdays.

Teddy was able to find a nearby sewer clean out so we were able to dump and made our stay easier.  Here is the view from where we are parked.

Remember, you are loved.