Happy Mother's Day!

Brian greeted me with coffee in bad and a cute card for my first pseudo-mother's day. It still feels a bit like a dream. I know the reality will come soon enough and if I don't get to work on the baby's room, even with all this time to prepare, I think I may be scrambling at the end.

Vacation photos finally -
Our first day included a volcano hike and a little caving



Then we were on to the ice cave and inscription rock



Bisti Badlands



Saw a bunch of wildlife including pronghorn, elk, deer, and jackrabbits. That was all just driving around!



Chaco Canyon - super cool Indian ruins. Very windy out though!


The ground was literally covered with artifacts at Coronado National Monument. These were found near the trail with only a couple of minutes of looking. We didn't take them! Thought it was pretty cool just to find them. I know archaeology is expensive but hand me a sift and trowel and I would have stayed all day...

Anyway - we did a lot of other cool stuff. Hiked Petroglyph National Monument, went to a museum in Santa Fe, visited Loretto Chapel, stayed at a haunted hotel - no signs of ghosts though - drove around on dirt roads in the middle of no man's land, and did a little camping. We didn't camp as much as we thought we would. 1. It was still pretty cold at night. 2. Most of the camp grounds in the mountain areas don't open their shower facilities til after Memorial Day. Lessons learned.
I will post more pictures later.