It had space for all of us to clean up our dirty stuff, was within walking distance down through a park to downtown, and was up on a hill with views to the hills from our porch.
You might have noted the gray sky in the previous picture; we did get an afternoon thundershower one day. Chad and I enjoyed a glass of wine on the porch while watched the rain and listened to the thunder. By dinner, the rain had stopped, and the clouds started to clear a bit, but not all the way. The resulting moonrise we saw walking up the hill back to the condo after dinner was pretty spectacular.
There was a decent kitchen in the condo, but there was also no shortage of interesting restaurants on balconies overlooking the square down in town to take advantage of for dinner. Sangria definitely felt like the right beverage on a warm summer evening (for us, not for the kiddo).
In between other activities, we wandered about and looked at galleries and antique shops.
The main indoor activity -- and something you should check out if you find yourself in Santa Fe -- is an indoor art installation put together by a collective known as Meow Wolf. Imagine a warehouse full of an immersive interactive puzzle-solving non-linear psychedelic storytelling mystery house. Or just go there if you can. At one point, I accidentally totally freaked another patron out by popping out of the refrigerator (though a wormhole from crazyland back into the main house). We didn't take many pictures because we were too busy playing. Anything you touched seemed to make sound or light, and careful looking would reveal details about the mystery to be solved. And the laser harp was just cool.
Kid driving the interdimensional space ship, and then looking glazed due to four-plus hours of exploration.
Given that we had five days in Santa Fe, this clearly wasn't everything -- just the inside/civilized/city parts. Stayed tuned for the "outside" parts in the next couple of posts!
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