Hey all. Once again, I'm posting on my break... this one is extra-long, so myself and 4 of my crewmates went to Santa Fe to hang out. Kim's parents have a condo here, and she lived here for about 6 months, hence the visit. We- or should I say, the other 4 people, who have licenses, drove around 11 hours from Barstow on Tuesday night, starting at 3:30 in the afternoon and arriving at around 3 in the morning. It was kind of too bad we were driving mostly in the dark, because apparently Arizona is supposed to be beautiful and we just sort of drove through it in the dark. (It was really, really odd when we started seeing signs for the Grand Canyon before we any even for Albuquerque! I think we're going to stop by the Grand Canyon on the way back.) So, you should know that Santa Fe, though in New Mexico, is at around 7000 feet, so it's a lot colder here than in Barstow. However, no one expected it to be SNOWING when we pulled into the parking lot. There were a couple flurries we drove through on the way, once we hit New Mexico, but it was definitely a surprise to get there and step out into 2 or 3 inches of cold, wet snow! Not necessarily a bad surprise, mind you... it's kind of nice to be in a place with real winter, for a change. Barstow, being in the desert, gets pretty damn cold and windy at night, but there's no precipitation whatsoever. Anyway, Santa Fe is nice, lots of galleries and stuff... kind of full of really rich people, which is fine, just a bit odd after Barstow. There are nice coffee shops. We're going gallery-hopping this afternoon, so that should be fun. In the meantime, here's a couple pictures.

Snow falling in the parking lot as we arrived!
Ted came outside barefoot to retrieve his sleeping bag as I was taking pictures...
The next day, we walked around the center of town, and saw this excellent graffiti.

I'll post some pictures from hitch tomorrow.