Hey, remember that time when I went to New Mexico with my friend Erin for a week? You might not, since it was four months ago now. I thought I'd post some photographic evidence of the trip. Finally.

This was an old church on the back road between Santa Fe and Taos:


At Bandelier National Monument we walked through Frijoles Canyon, peering into the accessible cavates and kivas and pointing out petroglyphs to each other, before hiking up the canyon to climb 140 feet up wooden ladders and stone steps to see the Alcove House:




My favorite site was Taos Pueblo:

New Route Home

Straight down MLK all the way...this definitely cuts some distance and effort from the trip. It probably doesn't save much time since I tend to ride the last 3 miles on the sidewalk (legal in Washington as long as one yields to pedestrians), but I do enjoy the decreased effort required overall.