Hangin out in Santa Fe

The day dawned dark with rain clouds and a wind blowing the trees outside our window - and so back to bed for a little more sleep. What a relief to get a rest day. We wandered down to breakfast, took our sweet old time and shared stories of yesterday with a couple of other riders. As it turned out the temperature never got much above 55 and it rained intermittantly all day - perfect day to clean the bike and stay the heck out of the weather.

About 11 Beth and Sabine showed up (Aaron home studying for his next set of exams) and the best part of the day began. Sabine was much less shy than Friday night and had a "Hi Papa"almost immediately for me. So we Skyped Mom-mom Susan and had a little visit and then headed down to the pool (indoors) which Sabine thoroughly enjoyed - played in her floaty and then we moved to the hot tub...ah, heaven for a tired cyclist. Beth took us to a local bike shop for a couple of things we needed and then we found a delightful Mexican restaurant for a late lunch: perfect day. Without any desert photos for today I have a couple more of Sabine...one in the hot tub (now a new part of her vocabulary) and the other working her charms on Tom Ryan.- he could be kicked out of the Curmudgeon club for that shot....Tomorrow we head for Las Vegas (NM not Nev) and are hoping for clear skies and a bit of warm weather (a week ago who would have guessed we would be complaining about cool weather). It's a 72 mile ride with only 5 miles on an interstate - that is good news......Time for a bit of dinner...more tomorrow.