Today was very, very busy. We got up around 9:30 and started our day out at Dunkin’ Donuts (“because we kin”). We talked about items we needed, including a cane for my poor aching feet. Our next stop was Walgreen’s, which only sold ugly canes; our next stop, Target, had none but we did find an umbrella with a long enough handle to double as a cane. Since I could not find shoes with better support, off we went to the Outlet Stores and found that Dr. Scholl’s makes shoes with built-in gel sections. We checked out a couple more stores (Coach carries dog collars and leashes) there but didn’t buy anything (yet).
I have noticed several buildings with an individual’s name on each, but no indication of what the building actually holds. Some are more clear on what they hold but most are a mystery.
We headed to the Plaza downtown, even though we figured it would be crawling with Fiesta crowds. We were not disappointed. Just finding a parking spot was difficult; luckily, we were able to find a spot in the Cathedral lot for $10 for all day. The Plaza was filled with food vendors (Turkey legs! Corn on the cob! Elephant ears!) and surrounded by mostly over-priced stores. We did find a good lunch place, enjoying and sharing blue corn tacos (named after the restaurant), roasted corn and red chile soup (“it’s spicy!”), and a surprisingly large side salad with a pickled jalapeno in it.
I have noticed several buildings with an individual’s name on each, but no indication of what the building actually holds. Some are more clear on what they hold but most are a mystery.
We headed to the Plaza downtown, even though we figured it would be crawling with Fiesta crowds. We were not disappointed. Just finding a parking spot was difficult; luckily, we were able to find a spot in the Cathedral lot for $10 for all day. The Plaza was filled with food vendors (Turkey legs! Corn on the cob! Elephant ears!) and surrounded by mostly over-priced stores. We did find a good lunch place, enjoying and sharing blue corn tacos (named after the restaurant), roasted corn and red chile soup (“it’s spicy!”), and a surprisingly large side salad with a pickled jalapeno in it.
We walked to the oldest house in the USA, a shop that sold jackets made out of blankets (which we did not purchase since most were in the $250 – 300 range), and the Loretta Chapel, which houses the staircase built by Joseph. The Chapel was closed because of a wedding. I told Matt that was unfortunate since that was the major reason we came here. We will return on Sunday or Monday. We managed to fit in some shopping during our walking and made a few purchases, none of which will be listed here as they are surprise gifts.
I discovered in the guide book that the Georgia O’Keeffe museum is free on Fridays between 5 – 8 PM so we headed over there. That required moving the car which was another adventure. There were several works by Georgia but I had to give up after about seeing half of them because my foot was flaring up again (curse my plantar fasciitis!). We decided to just drive aimlessly and see what was outside of Santa Fe. We found many houses made of adobe in the Indian pueblo style. We also found where Zozobra spent his last minutes on earth. It still smelled like charcoal. We could see the hill we watched from, about .5 mile away.
Not that we intended to eat at any more chains, but we ended the day at the KFC so we could bring home some dinner and I could get off my feet.
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