Santa Fe, New Mexico is cool if you are

Every year my family takes a trip together. Sometimes it's on Thanksgiving and sometimes it's on Christmas which is nice because we get to do one or the other with our other families and then spend one together.

A couple years ago we went to Santa Fe for Christmas and it was awesome. We stayed downtown at a hotel called La Fonda and spent several days just walking around downtown and shopping.... and more importantly eating good. :) We all had a great time and here are some pics I took while we were there.

This is the Catholic Cathedral that just so happened to be across the street from our hotel. I couldn't sleep one night and was up walking around downtown early in the morning just enjoying the sights and the cold morning air. It was amazing to see it like this and know that a long, long, really long time ago it looked exactly the same, just with different surroundings. Cool.

Here is one of the stained glass windows from inside. I wondered how many people have walked into this magnificent place and looked around like I did.

This is the famous staircase from The Loretto Chapel. It is built with all wooden pegs with no visible means of support and the man who showed up to build it disappeared and was never able to be found. You can read the story at www.lorettochapel.com.

I learned alot while we were there.

1. You can't shoot at the Indians anymore.

2. Alchohol has a stronger affect on you at higher altitudes.

3. Santa Fe is cool if you are.

Walker