Santa Fe

Packing up after three nights on the outskirts of Santa Fe.  Very Comfortable accomadations, courtesy Bob & Kathi's house swap.  It is hard to call them Luxurious, being only one room with attached bath, but it is close.  I would tell you all about the Japanese toilet seat/bidet, but it is not suitable breakfast conversation.  Suffice it to say, i want one.  

Okay, to the important stuff:  Beer!  We bought a variety pack from the Marble Brewery of Albuquerque, plus they gave us samples of two others.  India Pale Ale, Red Ale, Oatmeal Stout, Double Pale Ale.  All Good.  Wildflower Wheat, not so much, but Beth liked it.  I am pretty damn easy to please, aren't i?

Our first day here we went crosscountry skiing.  As we started out on the skis for the first time after lugging them 3000 miles, it seemed to call for thanking of the sponsors.  Thank you, Sponsors!  You know who you are?  So i whip out my new REI collapsible trekking poles and they were too short.  I have to go back to the car and get my old poles.  Later in the day we went to the REI store,  i returned the poles and went to pick out a brand that would be long enuf.  I found a different model that wasn't much more expensive, then tried the same model that i has just returned and discovered that i am an idiot and that i had failed to open the second slider.  So i had to go up to the counter and buy back the poles i had just returned.  How embarrassing.