Santa Fe Vacation – Part 1

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Jonathan and I went to Santa Fe, NM at the end of April for our 5 year anniversary. We were ready for a vacation away from work, two crazy toddlers our busy lives as parents and just life in general. We love the mountains and in most cases would choose mountains over a beach. So since our honeymoon was in Colorado we decided to try New Mexico this time.

We opted to go the road trip route vs flying, because we like to torture ourselves by spending 12 hours in the car but mainly because it was quite a bit cheaper to drive than fly. So we took the long, flat, desert of a drive to New Mexico.

                                  our road trip view

We packed a picnic lunch and stopped along the way In west Texas to eat some lunch. It turned into a very quick lunch when we pulled up and saw this staring us in the face:

We also decided to stop in Amarillo to visit Cadillac Ranch, which is a bunch of old cadillacs that are half-buried in the ground. It is visible from the highway, and even though it’s located on private property, visiting it (by walking through an unlocked gate) is tacitly encouraged. Spray-painting the vehicles is also encouraged, you never know what you will see when you go. Unfortunately we forgot to get some spray paint before we left so we couldn’t leave our mark 🙁
After a long car ride, we finally made it to our destination. We stayed at a bed in breakfast, which I’ve never been a big fan of, but decided to give it a try. We found a really nice place called Raven’s Ridge and it had an awesome ambiance and feel to it.
Raven’s Ridge B&B

Our room at the B&B was awesome! It was the “starlight room” and it was appropriately named because it had a huge skylight that you could open up and view the stars – it was amazing! I told Jonathan I wanted to put one of those in our house. The room had a traditional New Mexico Kiva fireplace and the decor in the room was authentic New Mexico.

                     the Kiva fireplace

There were beautiful gardens all around the grounds of the B&B and right outside our room was a gorgeous apple tree in full bloom!

We got to the B&B just before the sun was going to set and there was a golden glow surrounding us. Here was just some of our views:

our view every morning at breakfast
Being in the mountains and surrounded by nature is a photographers delight! There were al kinds of birds and flowers…I was in heaven. Here are some of my favorite photos:

I have a ton of photos from the trip so I’m going to divide it up into several posts instead of 1 loooong post. Next up is our visit to a few Cathedrals and some New Mexico culture.

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