Papa and I made a two day trip to New Mexico to pick up some things we need on the ranch. It seemed a long drive as Papa drove the truck, pulling a horse trailer. We made stops along the way that were particularly memorable. We ate lunch at the Buckhorn Tavern, famed for their Throw Down with Bobby Flay. We
drove through the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge and saw thousands
of Canadian snow geese and lots of sand hill cranes. Their constant
clucking was an incredible sound! We
overnighted in Mesilla, a Spanish town settled in 1594, with many of
the original buildings still intact. The doorways of New Mexico are
distinctive with their ristras, strands of dried chilies.
