Upon the recommendation of a friend of Lynn’s we visited El Rancho de las Golondridas near Santa Fe. It was founded in 1710 as a stopping place on the road to Mexico City. It is a 200 acre living history museum a 19th century home, blacksmith, wheelwright, schoolhouse, mountain village and water powered mills. It was a children’s weekend, they had people dressed in traditional clothing demonstrating how life would have been, plus fun stuff like balloon sculpture, face painting, a shepherdess herding her flock all over and making your own tortilla. Isla had a blast and so did we.
On to Cochiti Lake State Park – kind of desert-y and dry (well this is New Mexico), and hazy due to the forest fires over the border in Arizona. But a relaxing afternoon by the lake, Isla met a bunch of “big” girls so was happy to follow them around, and we got to chat to some locals and get some tips for the next stop – Albequerque.
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