First stop of the day was breakfast at Penny's Diner in Vaughn; the only stop between Roswell and Santa Fe.
And this market, possibly the only grocery store between Santa Fe and Taos.
The past few days have been long, scenic, driving days. I would say, New Mexico, is the most beautiful state in the country to drive through. The colors are stimulating in a way that other landscapes aren't always. It's more than sprawling greens, more than sprawling tans. Peaks and Valleys roll through a diversity of pale pastels into rich, saturated reds and greens. Any photograph you see will only tell you lies. There's something about this space that makes you look harder until you develop an affinity for specific shapes that the land displays.
Santa Fe turned out to be... Well beautiful, but touristy. So after spending the afternoon there, we were on our way. About an hour north, we found a small brewery called Blue Heron, that the daughter of some local vintners opened up. She said she could hardly keep up with the business that they ran out of their small bar.
We decided that the landscape was too beautiful to pass through and we were itching to use our new tent, so we camped out nearby in Pilar on the Rio Grande.
Inspired much by the colors we had been surrounded by all day...and some of my nagging...we picked up some yellow cucumbers at a farm stand and some blue corn meal and goat cheese at the Dixon Grocery Store, with some stewed tomatoes, a delicious sunset dinner.
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Location:Santa Fe, New Mexico
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