Drove eight hours to Phoenix, Arizona to spend Turkey Day with my Aunt and Uncle. We ate at 1pm and I was asleep by 3pm- like a true old person.

Inspired by the amazing work of the people I’m surrounded by, I’ve started a few new projects. While I can’t share those yet, I stumbled upon some of my old work (from highschool) that was done both during and after a trip west.

Autumn is here

On our trip to Las Cruces we made an obvious detour to White Sands National Monument, near Alamogordo, NM. The sand was a little cold and hard because of the previous days of rain but we had fun running and twirling and dancing anyways.

The New Mexico State Fair ran for a little over two weeks this September, bringing an array of quilts, pies, farm animals, vintage cars and QVC hosts to Albuquerque.

My first visit was with a bunch of people from work, which turned out to be really great because of how excited they were about going.  The clutter of souvenier and greasy food stands, along with the masses of people and other oddities was surprisingly satisfying.

Watching Valentine’s Performing Pigs skateboard and sink basketballs was definitely one of the highlights for me.

After looking at apartments for a few days, Chris & I decided to take off and head up to Santa Fe for two nights. While we left ABQ later in the afternoon, the drive was quick and we found a cheap room outside the main plaza area pretty easily.

We spent our first full day touring around looking at souvenirs and all the art & jewelry that was being sold at the Palace of the Governors. Happy hour started fairly early for us as we tested our share of margaritas and watched all the activity in the plaza.

Before heading back to Albuquerque on Sunday we went to Bandelier National Monument to explore the ancient caves left in the side of the Frijoles Canyon. We climbed the 140 ft up to the Alcove House, trailing behind two very young children who flew up the ladders fearlessly.