As much as we tried to avoid the tumbleweeds, we still arrived to our destination in New Mexico sporting a mighty fine one all tangled up on the front of our car.
If there ever was a time we looked like we weren't from around those parts, it was probably then, with a tumbleweed practically a fourth the size of our car.
Without directions to the Ranch, our New Mexico family said, they'd be waiting for us on the side of the road in a black SUV, so we could follow them to their house... sketchy, for sure. But we were so glad to see a familiar smiling face after a few hours driving through the desert Texas panhandle.
No matter how many western's you've seen it truly is hard to describe the wide open spaces present in the land of New Mexico.
With this landscape comes a particular kind of beauty for sure. And we were excited to spend the next couple of days exploring something that really is so very different from home.
One of the first things anyone needs to know about Sarah is that she adores snow, but not necessarily the cold. Which for anyone who's been through weather class, knows that this can pose quite the problem.
New Mexico was glorious because not only was there snow, but it was sixty beautiful degrees out, and that was perfect for us to go hiking!
...and even a bit of rock climbing!
Be wary however of the clever cacti that sneakily hide underneath the lovely glistening piles of snow. It's not the snows fault. But just keep your toes away from that vegetation of death that are the cacti needles.
Usually driving gas tank to gas tank on the road, we had to alter this rule slightly for our vast western trek.
Now we drive until we see a gas station and then quickly pull over. You never know when, or if, there will be another one for the next few hundred miles of tumbleweeds.
To climbing rocks and avoiding the cacti!
Love,
The Crew
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