The Land of Enchantment

We’re back in San Francisco after an extended weekend to New Mexico. Both Sophia and I had a messy Wednesday morning and I was on a call right up until the boarding gate. I was able to get caught up during the flight down which felt good. I felt like Cousin in the last episode of season 2 of The Bear where the restaurant needed to get everything caught up as fast as possible.

I had gone on the trip expecting to be a bit bored and have a lot more downtime. I had planned to do a bit more work and write everyday, but that really went out the window due to sleep and activities.

Sophia and I had a low key Wednesday as we grabbed dinner and headed back to the hotel to relax. We planned on getting to bed early and getting up early to explore some of the surrounding areas of Santa Fe. Next thing I knew, it was almost 9am and I had been in bed for almost 10 hours. I didn’t quite realize how tired and this was my body telling me to get some more rest.

On Thursday, we explored Bandelier National Monument which was awesome. This was an old settlement where Native Americans built housing in the caves that were carved out due to erosion. Sophia and I had a great day exploring the area. Later that day, Sophia’s parents arrived and we spent most of the weekend together.

There wasn’t anything too memorable about Santa Fe. The food in my opinion was very mediocre at best - New Mexican food felt like a worse Mexican food to me. The chiles were nice, but weren’t enough to really call anything game changing. The sites were great to see as we saw a Native American pueblo and shopped around the art galleries. The Spanish Market which as the big event that we came to visit was cool to see, but it was really my style.

Largely, New Mexico was about spending time with family and I was happy to do that. Santa Fe is one of Sophia’s parents favorite spots and they visit every year. We don’t get to see them as often as we see my parents so every opportunity it was great to be able to spend time with them in a place that they love.