Out of the Blū

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Is that a double-rainbow or nah?

It thundered.

It thundered. Poor Cub. 😂❤️ He's about to get held.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Scar was looking goofy on my lap this morning. 😂

Scar was looking goofy on my lap this morning. 😂 Look at his teefies. 🦷

My friends have made it to their next destination.

My friends have made it to their next destination. Things are back to "normal" around here.

The dogs looked pretty upset when we got home from the airport without them. Little Bear was confused. He said "Where's the rest of my herd?" 😂

Bear was mostly good aside from getting mouthy a few times. We left the dogs home alone for extended periods and that went ok. We'll have to take them for pup cups tomorrow. Cub loves to go and he hasn't been anywhere in over a week, but he did love having new people around to pay attention to him. So did these cats that we obviously never pet. 😂

I really needed adventure times and good company, so I am feeling happy and good. It was a great break from the boredom and stress of being unemployed. Now it's back to appointments, getting prescriptions transferred/filled on this new insurance, and of course the job search. Super fun stuff going on around here. 😝

But for real, the company was excellent. Please come back anytime, Janet and Dianne! ❤️

Sunday, June 22, 2025

I love Trio Jalisciense! ❤️😊

Quizás is always a hit!

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Today, we got our exercise in.

We started the morning heading through the Jemez Mountains (in the car). There were so many scenic stops where we could walk around and take pictures. I got a bunch despite being the driver today. I even got one of a little waterfall!

Then we made it to the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The Caldera is where a volcano erupted and the land sank, so it's a flat area on top of a mountain. Shaun and I had gone before and saw the prairie dogs that live there, but this is the first time we saw the elk! There was a whole herd and it was amazing! They were super far away, but one of the rangers let us see them through his binoculars. When we go again, we'll definitely take binoculars and try to get a photograph through them!

After that, we drove towards the Bandelier National Monument. On our way there, we went through Los Alamos. That was interesting. There was a security check and they said "Don't turn right for the next mile and a half." It was government property and I guess we'd have gotten in trouble if we'd gone onto it. We saw a lot of signs that said "Tech" with a number. Didn't know what exactly those meant. We also saw Oppenheimer Drive. That was pretty neat.

We finally made it to the museum and monument and it was really interesting. The museum was small, but gave a good background on what we'd be seeing. The weather was warm; we're having a little heat wave. It was in the 90s today despite the 6066 foot elevation, but you gotta love the New Mexico breezes!

We hiked the monument loop and took a ton of pictures. It was really interesting to see how people made homes and towns there.

I know I say this all the time, but I love New Mexico and I love living in the desert. It's so beautiful and interesting here. The drive was scenic all day. There were decorative overpasses and walls when we started to head home through Santa Fe. It was just lovely all around, although I will admit we almost turned back halfway through the Bandelier loop. It was so hot with very little shade walking/climbing up the face of that mountain. The end half of the loop was through nice, shaded forest, though, so we're glad we stuck it out.

Here are a few photos. 😊