This is super different from the links I posted last.

This is super different from the links I posted last. This is chill, long weekend vibes from Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso. 🤎

No one wants to watch the long ones.

No one wants to watch the long ones. How about a shorter one? I can't get this one out of my head. 😂

Can't stop, won't stop. Really worth a listen or 300.

Can't stop, won't stop. Really worth a listen or 300.

My current obsession. I love these guys:

My current obsession. I love these guys:

This was our weather yesterday.

This was our weather yesterday. It sucks when everything's dusty, and the winds straight up HOWL, but I'd choose it over a tornado any day.

Poor Shaun masked up and went out in it to close the top windows on my greenhouse to prevent damage. He's paying for that with his sinuses now. 😕

Bear was UPSET all day because he wanted to be outside, but he hated it every time he went out. 😂

Thankfully, today was much nicer.

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We heard it and I rushed out, but...

We heard it and I rushed out, but it happened so fast that I missed a great view of this balloon descending across the way.

I love it here so much! ❤️

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18SAuH6RM8/

It's beautiful out.

It's beautiful out. Look what I missed while bed-rotting today.

Y'all see this yet?

Y'all see this yet?

My heart. ❤️

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It's Monsoon Season!

It's Monsoon Season!

It's so beautiful here, even when it's raining.

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Look at this ABSOLUTE UNIT...

Look at this ABSOLUTE UNIT who came to visit us last night. 😍

https://www.facebook.com/100001265763733/videos/948478270076192/

This is probably boring, but I don't care.

This is probably boring, but I don't care. Sharing it anyway. 😂

Shaun had been trying to stack those balls for like, 10 minutes before Cubba came in. He is so patient and focused. I don't know how he didn't give up when Bear came in. Shaun is not a fan of being licked, but Bear seized the opportunity. 😂😂😂

P. S.  Shaun is still at it. 😂

I wasn't going to post this...

I wasn't going to post this because of my junk pile and the leaves in the floor... But I changed my mind. We're moving some things around at the moment and that's just how things look right now. And Bear brings leaves in constantly from his favorite bush, so... 🤷🏻 It is what it is.

This is a sweet video of Bear and Cubba and Balthi (with a little Toebean running through). And my favorite, Shaun.

Also, apparently we ALL wear socks with sandals in this house. Shadow. Me. Kira wears them with her flip-flops and says "Look at my hooves!" 😂😂😂 And now I have Shaun on video doing it, too. Judge us. It's fine. 😂

Me and Shaun were sitting here watching TV...

Me and Shaun were sitting here watching TV when we heard something messing with our bird feeders (the low ones on our front window). We checked the security camera and we think it was either a fox or coyote. All we got was the tail leaving that you can see on the left side of the video.

I love coexisting with wildlife out here on the Mesa. ❤️

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Santa Fe was gorgeous, as usual, but...

Santa Fe was gorgeous, as usual, but we got the added bonus of there being a multi-tribe Powwow in the Plaza for Indigenous Peoples Day (we don't celebrate Columbus).

We had a delicious lunch at the Plaza Cafe Downtown and did some shopping. I caught on video the end of a Native dance around the place where a monument once stood (it was pulled down in 2020) and it gave me goosies. I love it here. ❤️

About the downed monument:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers%27_Monument_(Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico)

My video:

https://www.facebook.com/100001265763733/videos/pcb.6940221892696601/883635670146958

Krystahl is heading home tomorrow

Krystahl is heading home tomorrow, so our adventures are done - for now. I really hope she'll be back, though, because there is a ton left to see!

This morning we went to Santa Fe. We had brunch at a restaurant that had some blue corn pancakes she wanted to try. They were really good - and yes, they were a pale blue color. We should've gotten pics! I myself HAD to try this Quattro Leches cupcake while I was there. It was tasty!

After that, we went ahead to Meow Wolf Santa Fe. I'm only sharing a couple of photos because I don't want to ruin it for any future visitors, but needless to say it was just as interesting this time as the last. I don't think it's physically possible to take in everything on the first pass. They don't call it "The House of Eternal Return" for nothing!

Me and Shaun ended up getting some really neat matching reversible jackets from the gift shop before leaving. I guess we are turning into THAT dorky old couple. 😂😂😂 I'm not complaining, though. At least we have style! We'll model the jackets for y'all one of these days. 😆

Then we went back to downtown Santa Fe to check out some of the shops. We saw some neat stuff. There was a ton more to see, but there is only so much time! Shaun bought me some rocks at one of the shops. I'm posting a video of the Rainbow Obsidian because it's so neat, as well as some pics of other cool finds.

We then went back to Albuquerque to meet up with Owen (Krystal's husband) for dinner. He didn't hang out with us a ton this week, but we like that dude. He took us to a Brazilian restaurant called Tucanos this evening. It was a really interesting experience with a lot of great food. Most of the food is buffet-style, but these people bring GIANT skewers of other foods to your table and chop off some into your plate (you have a signal on your table that you can flip to let them know to keep coming or to stop). I got to try some tasty stuff! I had some of the best turkey I've had in my life. My favorite was probably the grilled pineapple. That, or the creme brulee. I don't know. I can't decide. 😂

Anyway, we ate and then all promptly crashed. 😂😂😂 That meant it was time to say our goodbyes, so we did. We all need some rest. It's been 3 days of adventure and it caught up to us. But it was a wonderful time and I am so excited to have had our first visitors here. ❤️

MeowWolf, again.

Wolf Art

Druzy, maybe?

Snail sculpture, because why not?

A Bob Ross tile that regretfully did not come home with us.

MeowWolf, obviously.

Our brunch view at the Plaza Cafe

The most beautiful parking garage we've ever seen.

We got home just after midnight after another long, but exciting day.

We got home just after midnight after another long, but exciting day. I don't have as many photos on my phone as I did yesterday because I drove most of the day (I'm not complaining; I like driving). But I will share some highlights. 😊

We started out heading to the Jemez Mountains. We stopped at a small museum at some ruins. They had the craziest bathroom wall. The ruins in the video are from a church built in the 1700s. The kiva (the thing with the ladders) is an underground pit with stools and a fireplace. There were signs up asking for no photography of the inside of the kiva since it is sacred, so we respected that.

After that we went to see the Valles Caldera. My understanding is that it's an extinct volcano. It's a prairie-like area on top of a mountain which was created when the volcano blew the top of the mountain off. That area is now home to elk (who we didn't see today) and also prairie dogs (who we did see). From Wikipedia: "Valles Caldera is a 13.7-mile wide volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Hot springs, streams, fumaroles, natural gas seeps and volcanic domes dot the caldera floor landscape." I definitely want to go back there and spend more time exploring.

After THAT, we started heading to the Bisti Badlands... or so we thought. Turns out that there was a road closed on the way which cost us about an hour of time, but we did make it to there... but not before Google helped us to make another bad navigation decision that had us going down almost 30 miles of graveled / dirt roads. 😂

It truly was an adventure, though. We spent most of the day without cell service or internet. We saw unfenced horses (with a foal!) that might have been wild, some cows, a bull who looked like he wanted to attack the car, 3 beautiful calves hanging out near the (obviously barely used) road, and also the Rocky Mountains from a distance. I will share pictures of all of that when I have them available, but for now they're all on Shaun and Krystahl's cameras.

My favorite part of the day was exploring the Badlands. It's an unmarked wildlife area, so you just had to get out there to see what you could see. Unfortunately we were shorter on time than we wanted to be, but we did see some crazy, beautiful formations. I 100% will be going back there. I don't know when, but I will. I need at least a few days in a camper or van because today just wasn't enough. I have tons of photos, but I'll share my best ones here.

From the official government website (because I could not explain it better): "The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a rolling landscape of badlands which offers some of the most unusual scenery found in the Four Corners Region. Time and natural elements have etched a fantasy world of strange rock formations made of interbedded sandstone, shale, mudstone, coal, and silt. The weathering of the sandstone forms hoodoos - weathered rock in the form of pinnacles, spires, cap rocks, and other unusual forms. Fossils occur in this sedimentary landform. Translated from the Navajo language, Bisti (Bis-tie) means "a large area of shale hills." De-Na-Zin (Deh-nah-zin) takes its name from the Navajo words for "cranes.""

The last stop of the day was for food at Gabby's. It looked like a diner from the 1950s and the food was EXCELLENT. It was an adorable and cozy little place to eat and a great way to (almost) end the day. We were still 2 hours from home, but we'll definitely stop there again when we go back to the Badlands.

Next up: Meow Wolf Santa Fe!

Formations at the Badlands

Formations at the Badlands

Still the Badlands

The wall of this bathroom is insane in the best way.

Formations at the Badlands

Formations at the Badlands

Outside of Gabby's

Information about the church

Formations at the Badlands

Part of the caldera

Inside of Gabby's

Information about the kiva

I was trying to get out of the kiva, not look sassy, but I guess I did both. 😂

Formations at the Badlands

Today was a shit-ton of fun.

Today was a shit-ton of fun. We were up at 4 am because we have a friend visiting and TOOK HER ON A BALLOON RIDE. I'm exhausted and dusty so I'll try to keep this short.

The balloon ride was awesome. We didn't get to do the Splash 'n Dash on the Rio Grande this time, but that's how it is when you're at the mercy of the wind. On the bright side we did get to see our house. It's in the picture. 😁

As I tried to climb into the basket, I was like "Push my butt, Shaun!" and the pilot laughed. Shaun also had to help me get back out and that was pretty funny, too. Krystahl Roan has video of that. 😂😂😂 Husbang picked me a pretty flower after we landed. It was a gorgeous morning and we met some cool people. I also love the toast at the end of the ride.

After that, we had breakfast at Weck's and it was delicious as usual. Then we saw a gigantic penis lizard on a house. After that, we decided to head up to Sandia Peak. The tram was closed for maintenance, so we drove up. On the way up the mountain we saw lots of snow. When we got to the peak, it literally snowed on us! Krystahl was super excited about the snow. And we saw some deer on the way down.

After that, we went to see one of the Petroglyph monuments. We have a lot of inactive volcanoes around here and tons of lava rock, many of which have hundreds of years old drawings on them. It was really neat. And windy as fuck! I loved it! I think Krystahl was less impressed with the wind, but it is pretty typical for here - especially in the spring!

We went back to our house to dust off, regroup, and figure out dinner. We ended up going to Fuego505 where Krystahl and Shaun were served meat from a sword-sized skewer. Apparently it was good!

Here are a few photos, a video of the "daisy" at the top of our balloon, and a video of my face in the wind. We have tons more, but I don't want to bore ya - and like I said: I'm exhausted. I gotta rest up for tomorrow. We're going to the Badlands and I can't wait! ❤️

I just liked this view a lot

Lizard-penis hybrid house

Just a nice view with fellow travelers

Some more glyphs

Our house is in this photo.

My handsome husbang

My handsome husbang being snowed upon at Sandia Crest

Getting ready to stand the balloon up

A cactus plant I REALLY like

A shot of some of the glyphs with the rest of the hill we hiked

The "daisy" at the end of the balloon ride.

"Just a breezy day in New Mexico." 😂😂😂

The view outside of my office.

The view outside of my office. I am SO, SO happy to be home. Those mountains bring me joy.

Yesterday morning. You can even see the fire.

Right now.

Got to do the light tour this evening...

Got to do the light tour this evening. It was gorgeous out, but gusty.

If you watch the video, be warned that it's loud.

Tomorrow I'll be 40 years old...

Tomorrow I'll be 40 years old and since my birthday sometimes falls on Thanksgiving (like tomorrow), we celebrated tonight.

I wanted a skate party and that is what I got - complete with pizza, ice cream, and friends. It was such a fun time and I'm grateful for that. 😁 Super thank you to Shaun who always spoils me. ❤️

Here are a few pictures, and a video of my light-up wheels.

My friends Kalien and Mystir. Thank you both for hanging out with me! ❤️

So damn excited. 😂😂😂

New speed skates that came with the birthday package. Can't wait to try these out! 😁

My beautiful husbang.

My beautiful indoor skates. This was my first time really skating in them besides around the dining room.

Part of Stranger Things was filmed here.