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San Antonio is a very pretty city, but it is a small city. You can see most of the major sights in two or three days. One week should be more than enough time to visit San Antonio. If you want to drive from San Antonio to Santa Fe, you must drive for about 15 hours. It will take you at least two days...

I finally said goodbye to Santa Fe in the late morning. I took a last shot of the adobe neighborhoods. I took highway 285 south towards Duran, NM and the clouds began getting darker. I could see the rain ahead of me. I caught up to the storm and it was quite the little desert squall. My windshield wipers...

I spent a couple more days hanging out and resting up in Santa Fe. I took a drive through the country south and west of town. I took highway 14 south through Madrid, NM. It was desert country but not too dry. I got into the low hills and could see over town. Beyond the first hills were... more hills...

I hope people aren't getting too tired of me writing about Santa Fe. To me, it's a very special place. In some places there is a certain type of energy that feels almost like magic - like anything can happen. So I had to stay there for awhile. It was Father's Day and I gave my father a call...

I did some writing in the morning, then went to get lunch at the Counter Culture Cafe. There I met Penny and Palma, traveling to Santa Fe from Alpine, Texas. They were on a road trip and would be in town for a couple days. They were perfect travel companions for each other, and they knew it. I've...

Hey, 70 days means 10 weeks on the road. Neat. I met Rita for lunch at the Santa Fe Baking Company and she invited me to come to a fundraising dinner for the Santa Fe Fiesta Council that evening. I went downtown and bummed around a little, taking a few pictures of the town. Canyon Road is the heart of...

Santa Fe enforces a city ordnance requiring all buildings to be made of adobe-style architecture. Adobe is the building material formed from the sand, clay, and water found naturally in the Santa Fe area, so on the hill overlooking town you can't tell the difference between the buildings and the...

The story of Santa Fe is a long and interesting one. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it, but here's the rough version: The Santa Fe region was long occupied by Native Americans, including the Pueblo tribe. Spanish conquistadors claimed ownership of the 'Kindgom of New Mexico'...

I awoke late and plunged into the city. When I made it down the long windy road to town and found a place for breakfast, I realized I had lost an hour in the time change. So I ended up with a very late breakfast at a great local cafe - the Santa Fe Baking Company and Cafe. It worked out well because...

I left the Grand Canyon and made the long drive to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe is known as 'The City Different'. They aren't kidding - it's a very unique and interesting place. I chose to visit Santa Fe because I had heard great things about the culture, the creative community, the...