Quilting in Santa Fe

We arrived yesterday at about 4:30 and got set-up in our site; I need to get a picture of it and post, will do that later.   Nacho is lying by my side, too tired out from all the fun he has had today, running in the dog park and meeting other Airstreamer dogs.  So far, I believe he has met 7 new friends.   :)

Here is the entrance to the Santa Fe Skies RV Park, it is a very nice campground, well maintained though typical desert soil and landscaping.  We are told they have only had about 1 1/2 inches of rain in the last year, so everything is very dry.  We told them we were bringing Iowa rain with us and it has been sprinkling this evening.   This park sits on a hill above the valley and it is very windy!  I think it is worse than Iowa!

They have a collection of old implements from the original ranch that was on this property.  Here is a very old John Deere.

 

 So after spending the morning walking around the park and meeting the other early arrivals and exercising the dogs, we went to the Plaza in Santa Fe to explore a bit and to see the quilt show at the State capital rotunda.  One of our fellow Airstreamers from the 4CU actually has three quilts on display.  Once a year they have an artistic quilt display and it was amazing.  Here are three of Rod's quilts that were displayed this year.  I'm including some of the detail work on one of them, it's beautiful. 

 

 Below are a few of the other quilts on display.  They were just beautiful!!!

 

 

 

 After strolling around the Capital and admiring the talent on display, we were quite hungry so walked down to the Plaza to find a place for a bite to eat.   Along the way we passed the oldest house in the western United States. 

 

 

We found a restaurant with outdoor seating on the balcony overlooking the square.   It was pleasant to sit and people watch and enjoy our salads. 

 

After relaxing on the balcony, we headed back to the RV park to see how many more Airstreams had pulled in.  They are expecting about 27-29. Some people are backing out because they have heard of the fires in the mountains southwest of Santa Fe.  We aren't affected by it at all but the sunset had some neat coloring tonight. 

We meet about 4:30 this afternoon to have an ice breaker for the early arrivals (the rest are supposed to arrive tomorrow) and discuss going to dinner as a group.    So about 6:15 we all met at the entranced and caravanned to the Picos Trail Inn for dinner.  As we came out the sun was setting and the colors were beautiful.

 

This is the view behind our Airstream at the park.

We had an enjoyable day, met some interesting people and observed a bit of artistic beauty.