Santa Fe in the morning

On the morning of the third day of our road trip, the thermometer shows that it is 9ƒF outside. For the record? I'm from Texas, and I'm not sure I have the tools to deal with that kind of cold. It's nice to be bundled up in a warm hotel room, but we're bundled up in here without food, so C is headed down to the car to bring in some of the food we left in there.

One of the cool things about this road trip is that we're taking it during the winter. This is mostly incidental; I'm taking advantage of my winter vacation so that I don't have to use much of my annual leave. But since the number of people travelling during the winter months is fewer than those who travel during the summer, prices are lower, hotels are less crowded, and we're seeing things that I've never seen before, despite having travelled through most of these areas before, like the Christmas decorations in Santa Fe. One area I'd like to see during this time of year is Taos. I don't think we'll be headed there this trip, but there's always another winter.

An aside: C just got back with food from the car. We're eating cinnamon-flavored French twists, sweet pastries that taste a bit like Christmas to me.

This morning, we're going to go walk around Santa Fe again (well-bundled, of course), and see the Georgia O'Keeffe museum before we drive northwest into Georgia O'Keeffe country. This region was clearly insipirational to her, not to mention the other artists who make their homes here, and we're coming to discover why.