We're currently sitting in the Santa Fe Public Library, enjoying their air conditioning and free wi-fi and the feeling that we don't have to purchase anything to be sitting here using our computers.

Let me just say that Santa Fe is gorgeous. Its absolutely beautiful - the dirt, the trees, the buildings, the mountains, the sky - everything is so vibrant and colorful against the tan backdrop of the land. And the weather! Oh, the weather! Mom and I are in heaven... its dry and around 85 degrees today, but unless you're in the sun walking around you don't feel it. It's not like NC where you feel every damn degree in beads of sweat that accrue in not-so-conspicuous places. And last night, I had to break out the sleeping bag! I was actually cold!!! Jeeze, what a wonder.

We made it here in pretty good time yesterday - we weren't expecting to get another hour on the road because of the time change (we're now in Mountain Time, 2 hours behind the east coast) and that made a huge difference.

We got to the campground (after turning around about...eh, 3 times) and set up shop, only to re-discover that Mom's tent sucks. And when I say sucks, I mean SUCKS. I've bought tents from box-stores before and haven't had that many problems with them - I don't expect a lot, just you know, keep your shape and stick with me for as long as I need you. Thus far, I had only had problems with people and tents, not with the tents themselves. But Mom's is a different story entirely. Her tent is a POS. 2 (of the 3) poles are broken. BROKEN!!! we've only set the damn thing up 5 times!!! As of now, her tent looks like a sad blue bump. Its got broken legs and we're too cheap to fix them (duct tape is a no-go). The lesson we've learned here is NOT to buy tents from Target (brand name Greatland). Any suggestions on what to do?

The closer we get to Bellingham, the more excited I get... tomorrow we go to Arches National Park, and then the Grand Canyon, and then Vegas, then San Francisco!!! There is so much to see and do! We're throughly enjoying our time though - like I said, Santa Fe is fantastic and we still have to eat a frito-pie.