I love New Mexico

We woke up yesterday still in Texas, surrounded by row after row of cotton fields.  Fortunately for me, the car makes me unbelievably sleepy, so I missed most of the flatness.  We finally made it into New Mexico and stopped at a Visitors Center to get a map.  As soon as we pulled in, a little dog ran right up to the car and whined for attention.  The woman inside said that he had shown up the day before, eaten her cats food, and she feared he had been dropped off by someone who didn't want him anymore.  Charles looked at me right away to say that we couldn't take him (although I'm sure Duke and Rosemary wouldn't mind), but just as I was about to argue that we could at least drop him at the shelter in the next town, the local dog-rescuer showed up and said that he would find a way to take care of it.  So I felt much better about leaving him there, knowing he wouldn't have to wander the parking lot, checking every car for his owners anymore.

After that the terrain became much more interesting, with mesas on each side and an abundance of wildflowers, mainly giant black-eyed susans, along the side of the road.  The weather was a nice sunny 70-75 the whole day, perfect for driving, and the forested hills on each side were so pretty that its kinda hard to explain, but we managed to get at least one picture with the funsaver! That picture is not the one we took, nor is it as good as what we saw, but its almost there.  I'll post ours when I get the camera done!
We stopped in Mora, NM, and toured a weaving and pottery gallery http://www.tapetesdelana.com/, which is a non-profit weaving co-op that encourages local art and traditions.  We didn't find anything for the new house in the store, but now that we've found the website, we'll definitely be thinking about ordering something!
Afterwards, we had dinner in the resort town, Angel Fire, which was very nice and scenic, but we decided not to stay there because of the price and the short time we'd be in the area.  No use in paying for a night at a resort when all you'll do is sleep!  So we found a nice smaller hotel in Raton, and we'll be starting our new day soon!