The Sirens of Santa Fe

Santa Fe has been singing our melody for a day and a half now. If we didn't have friends/family to see and a new baby nephew to meet, I'd be content staying here for the rest of the trip. The laid back atmosphere this town exudes is addicting. The locals are friendly and mix well with the tourists at the town watering holes (bars that is...and oh yeah...this place has beer! lots of it...and it's GOOD beer again). But the road is long, and we have untold stories to write.

The experience here began with our B&B room, a quaint three room suite complete with shower for two, being handed to us for 100 dollars a night. We didn't even have a place to stay the morning we headed out towards this town. Oh, how fun it is to be a gay traveler in a world of Queens. We spent our first night out on the town at Cowgirls (a bar and grill that has a monopoly on Santa Fe's nightlife...food, karaoke, billiards, and PBR); where we began our all you can eat green chile extravaganza. I am proud to say that my body is now adjusting to all this southwest spice...not a stomach problem to be had. My first dessert of the evening (and yes, there was and always will be multiples for this long forgotten piece of the hearty meal) was some mud pie from the local FX Microcreamery...five layers of various chocolates and ice cream...maximum deliciosity.

The full day we've spent here has been an eventful one....thrift stores, restaurants, and locals abound...but rather than explain it all in great detail I will summarize the whole day by saying we are happy. It is not what we did today that is really all that important, but rather; how it has changed who we are and what we know about ourselves. Santa Fe has helped to drive us further into the unknown; the hours we've spent exploring have helped to give us the strength to continue to navigate the world from outside the box. David and I may not have a clue what we're doing with ourselves at this point in time; but at least we're comfortable with that idea now. As we step into our car tomorrow for another full day of driving...we can be sure that we will be okay no matter where it is that we end up.


Shedding a tear for the first Pabst sign I've seen in a month.








David becomes one with the highway.









Happy to be in the foothills.










Sculpture garden at night.















A real-life 17 dollar vintage plastic Roy Rogers wallet...what a shitty deal.








Cold turkey meatloaf sandwich at Harry's Roadhouse...best meal thus far.








Grilled salmon tacos...nuf said.

We've run into a bit of an issue with video editing...basically I didn't realize I now need a 9 pin to a 4 pin instead of my old 6 pin to 4 pin. Fucking Best Buy and Radio Shack (or the Apple Store for that matter) don't offer them...so we're SOL until we can get one delivered overnight to whatever hotel we stay at...but there will be video at some point...we have a lot of it :)