Guys! I had the most wonderful time travelling around the South West! So for anyone not in on the whole backstory, I had a conference to attend in Albuquerque and I decided to make a trip of it and bring Tom along. We rented a car in Texas and hit the road and traveled across to
New Mexico and hit
Santa Fe, Bandelier National Monument (
Los Alamos),
Albuquerque,
Roswell,
White Sands National Monument,
Las Cruces before driving into
Arizona and up to the
Grand Canyon South Rim. And after that it was a drive through the desert to
California and back on a plane to Australia. So obviously LOTS happened. The best thing though was how different it was from our previous US trip. Not only were we in a different section of the States, but we were travelling differently and aiming to see a different side. Outside of San Francisco (which was only a pit stop before the airport) we didn't really see any big cities this time, but we did get a chance to see so much more of the stellar US outdoors. And even though we did see a teeny bit of snow up around Santa Fe and in southern Arizona, this time we were seeing a totally different type of American winter. Loved it. Absolutely loved it all. Since I'm cramming everything into a single post I'm going to leave my description short and let the photos do the talking. But I will happily deconstruct the holiday in the comments section and give countless recommendations or chat about the best parts of my holiday (oh, perhaps Tom proposing? :P).
Santa Fe:
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| Took a brief stop on route 66 on our way to Santa Fe |
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| Our stunning home away from home |
Bandelier National Monument:
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| Spot the Tom! |
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| I fell in love with the colours and textures up around Bandelier |
Albuquerque:
Roswell:
White Sands:
Grand Canyon:
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| SO. DAMN. BIG |
