Last night, after looking at the weather conditions, Pete discovered Santa Fe was expecting severe thunderstorms after midday. Heck, we even got a pre-alert on the phone.
Therefore, he had us up and ready to go early to hit the road. Even at 5.30 am, he was telling me to get up and get ready. I gave the morning run amiss, he was a man on a mission.
It was only when we were about to leave and he asked the time that we discovered Pete was an hour ahead of himself. Yesterday we had an hours time change, Pete had forgotten about this.
Not to worry, at least we had departed early and hopefully, we will be at our destination and all set up before the storm hits.
Today’s destination, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The second oldest city founded by European colonists in the USA and the oldest capital.
The countryside on our drive was stunning, it really does feel like we are driving through Northern Western Australia. Just slightly bigger roads, oh, and a bit more traffic AND huge truck stops…but the scenery is similar.
Trying to beat the weather, I have a feeling we will not be doing a lot of stopping…
Travelling on busy interstate 40 we bypassed the town of Santa Rosa and then the rain begins, luckily it was not too heavy.
Soon we were driving though bigger mountains and higher altitude. Off Interstate 40, onto Highway 285, 25, 278 and finally we arrived into Santa Fe.
Santa Fe’s setting is beautiful, amongst the Sangre de Cristo foothills and with pueblo-style architecture.
Our campsite tonight is Los Suenos de Santa Fe RV Park & Campground.
After setting up camp we caught the local 2 bus into Downtown Historic Santa Fe.
There were certainly some crazy cats on the number 2 bus…
On our arrival, we walked around the old town which was very picturesque and Spanish, with a beautiful Piazza and church, but something was missing, it felt like it was missing its soul…
A delicious lunch at Coyote Cafe and Rooftop Cantina and then back at the bus station, waiting for our crazy bus.
The bus ride did not disappoint. There was an argument between a man and a woman before we even boarded (thank goodness they did not get on the number 2) and the passengers (and animals) that got on and off were….interesting…
On this trip to the USA , I have become a big fan of Walmart but I must say, most of these interesting passengers got off at Walmart…
Back to the motorhome and we spent the afternoon with washing and school work before it started to get dark outside. An evening inside for the Browns today.
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