Atomic Bar and Grill.

not quite as adventurous a morning as we will have tomorrow. woke up. changed clothes. watered the nearby trees. headed down the twisty 10 miles back into town for breakfast.

But lets talk food!

If you are looking for surprisingly great Greek Food, in the middle of New Mexico, go to the Plaza Restaurant. Conveniently located right on the main plaza! Amazing. They have everything there - Burgers, Tacos, Burritos, Spaghetti, Gyros, Milkshakes ... and it all looked delicious! Totally made up for the fact that we skipped out on our regular Fajita guy for breakfast!

A little more shopping...

we spent (quick pause, we = the women - John and I splurged and spent about $50 total between us), in two days at Santa Fe, possible as little as 6 hours shopping total, more money than we have spent on gas for the entire trip. You do the math. 7500 miles, 17-18 miles per gallon, gas at $3 per gallon.

The American dream is to live beyond your means, and end up in debt to multiple credit cards ... right?

That completed by noon - John and I went to a bar, and left the ladies to their devices - without either of our cards in easy reach. There we stayed until 4 - charging computers, using the internet, charging phones and batteries, downloading and uploading, and in general enjoying the idea of technology. Free WiFi, a runner strip of grounded outlets under the entire bar, and no-one there to complain about the cords sprawled everywhere. could we have asked for more? Dinner there - Atomic Bar and Grill - Pizza was okay (recall, we'd just had Il Vicino ...), good fries, very nice selection of beers, and a cozy overall feel. ...strangely not a lot of people there though...

Tomorrow is the long awaited Balloon Festival!! 4:30 a.m. wake time, in order to be there for the morning 'glow' ... better start getting psyched now ... it's supposed to be below zero degrees Centigrade tonight. woo hoo !!