Southwest Vacation 2009
Oct 11 2009 11:32 AM Filed in: Personal
Paige and I just returned from what has become our
annual vacation to the Southwest. This trip lasted a
little over a week, we left Friday, Oct. 2nd, and
returned yesterday, Saturday, Oct 10. During that
time we squeezed in a lot.
We spent Friday evening thru Sunday afternoon in Albuquerque, NM, enjoying the annual International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. We had a blast. The weather was perfect for the two days we went to the event, although there were some strong winds in the evenings, which prevented some of the events from taking place.
Sunday afternoon we had some time to kill before heading north to Santa Fe, NM, so we swung by Petroglyph National Monument. There are a couple different hiking trails you can take, we opted for the easier one that would only take us around 2 hours. There are somewhere in the vicinity of 25,000 petroglyphs in the park, the path we took showed us around 100 - 200.
We spent Sunday evening thru Wednesday morning in Santa Fe, NM, one of our favorite haunting grounds in the Southwest. No matter how many times we go there, we thoroughly enjoy it. We happened to be there during events commemorating their 400th anniversary and also Hispanic Heritage Month.
While staying in Santa Fe, we took a day trip to the Taos Pueblos. This is located just north of Taos, NM. The Taos Pueblos allows you to view the Native Americans living in their traditional way. We enjoyed this visit a lot, and took lots of photos.
Wednesday morning we set out for Monument Valley, UT. This is quite a trek, it takes around 6 1/2 hours to drive there from Santa Fe, NM; but, it's truly worth it. This time we stayed at The View Hotel, which is located in the park itself. The view from our balcony was amazing. We could see both mittens and the other butte which are in pretty much all photos you will see of Monument Valley. We arrived just in time to see the sunset. We stayed there Wednesday thru Friday morning.
Friday morning we headed back to Santa Fe, NM, for one more night in our favorite city. We flew out of Albuquerque the next afternoon.
This was a great trip, and one I'm sure we repeat many times in the future.
We spent Friday evening thru Sunday afternoon in Albuquerque, NM, enjoying the annual International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. We had a blast. The weather was perfect for the two days we went to the event, although there were some strong winds in the evenings, which prevented some of the events from taking place.
Sunday afternoon we had some time to kill before heading north to Santa Fe, NM, so we swung by Petroglyph National Monument. There are a couple different hiking trails you can take, we opted for the easier one that would only take us around 2 hours. There are somewhere in the vicinity of 25,000 petroglyphs in the park, the path we took showed us around 100 - 200.
We spent Sunday evening thru Wednesday morning in Santa Fe, NM, one of our favorite haunting grounds in the Southwest. No matter how many times we go there, we thoroughly enjoy it. We happened to be there during events commemorating their 400th anniversary and also Hispanic Heritage Month.
While staying in Santa Fe, we took a day trip to the Taos Pueblos. This is located just north of Taos, NM. The Taos Pueblos allows you to view the Native Americans living in their traditional way. We enjoyed this visit a lot, and took lots of photos.
Wednesday morning we set out for Monument Valley, UT. This is quite a trek, it takes around 6 1/2 hours to drive there from Santa Fe, NM; but, it's truly worth it. This time we stayed at The View Hotel, which is located in the park itself. The view from our balcony was amazing. We could see both mittens and the other butte which are in pretty much all photos you will see of Monument Valley. We arrived just in time to see the sunset. We stayed there Wednesday thru Friday morning.
Friday morning we headed back to Santa Fe, NM, for one more night in our favorite city. We flew out of Albuquerque the next afternoon.
This was a great trip, and one I'm sure we repeat many times in the future.
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