I arrived in New Mexico to the hospitality of a good friend on September 7. The ride west from Tennessee to New Mexico was akin to a voluntary 'forced march', one that I'll write more about later. The short story is that my desire to be still and settled with some creature comforts out wrestled my gypsy nature and I gladly pushed west through Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma and a bit of Texas in a matter of days. I'm sure I missed much of the unique charm each state has to offer, but my reward was more than worth it!
I spent the next few days with my New Mexico host and friend, Craig, before my Mom arrived, flying in from British Columbia to Albuquerque on September 12. Mom and I spent the subsequent week exploring the ABQ and Santa Fe areas, soaking up the rich southwest Spanish, Mexican and Aboriginal culture and history. Sadly returning my Mom and our snazzy rental car to the airport - just to be clear, I was much more sad about returning my Mom! - I returned to the comfort of my interim New Mexico 'home'.
With some resistance from my 'busy-making, accomplishment driven' self, I have spent the last week entertaining myself catching up on 'Orange is the New Black' (oh ya Netflix!), reading, playing with Leo the Chow, being happily domestic and on evenings and weekends, thankfully, two-wheel exploring the spectacular red rock countryside of western NM and eastern Arizona with Craig.
Now that I've caught-up on being lazy, I am ready to be more productive and do some much needed bike and blog maintenance. There is the not-so-minor fact that I need to be returning to Vancouver for the end of October.... something about going back to work.. (somebody tell me what that's all about ?! )
So there, I've 'caught up' on the 'quick post' and now can delve into capturing some of the countless entertaining stories and fun photos that lurk between the lines!
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