Sunday, August 20, 2017

Wow, what a spectacular day !  We dropped Jax off with Rich and met up with Michelle, Johnny, and Shari who had returned to Indian Market for a little while.  Then we took off for The Ghost Ranch.  On the way, we stopped at a little hole-in-the-wall restaurant called Big Dawg's.  Don't miss this place if you are ever in Espanola, NM. As we drove along Hiway 84 the scenery began to change. We began to see table-top mesas, tall red and yellow cliffs, huge cottonwood trees and meandering streams. The ranch covers 21,000 acres. The beautiful landscape provided inspiration for many of Georgia O'Keefe's paintings.  The ranch has a unique history and we enjoyed learning about it at the museum.  The park is also an education center and a resort. There are many hiking trails throughout the park and we decided to try one.  We hiked Lark Trail. It was sooo much fun. The views were incredible in spite of an impending storm.  In fact, the storm made the views even more dramatic.

When we returned from hiking late in the afternoon, Richard made incredible stir-fry for us and Shari made fantastic coconut cream pie and chocolate cream pie.  We are living the good life!