I was at a work meeting in Santa Fe for most of the week and, when on the shuttle to the Albuquerque airport with other meeting attendees, I learned that Patrick from Oregon did an MS fundraising ride this past year. He very kindly was my first donor for the rides next summer, and I'm thinking that his generosity and interest will set the stage for a good fundraising year!
Santa Fe has no bike share program, so I had contacted local shops to see if I could rent a bike for a couple of hours before heading to the airport. They weren't very responsive, and it was raining quite a bit for the desert, so I ended up just walking around and checking things out.
I saw this sculpture on top of this gallery, and was immediately drawn to it. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who looked at my photos from my January trip to England and saw that nearly every photo I took focused on gargoyles and grotesques (gargoyles without waters spouts).
I also saw this monument, honoring the first European settlers in Santa Fe, which seemed weird to me, given Santa Fe's rich history as a population center as early as the year 900. I liked the animals (there was a pig on the other side), and the fact that they were honored.
I originally had drafted a blog post to share these photos late last night, but my Blogger app on my phone can be testy and essentially lost the blog post. I'm sure it was exceptionally witty and clever, despite my exhaustion from the trip and working pretty vigorously (for a desk job) on Friday. I will share a gratuitous shot of Piper, who was not amused by my ignoring her and focusing on my phone instead. I think she gave a haughty nod when my draft post was lost.
I'm looking forward to getting out on my bike this weekend, although it looks like all the leaves fell off my tree when I was in New Mexico, so there may be some raking in store for me, too.
I set up my links for next year, as well as our team links, and managed to get a meeting on the calendar for next week with a potential sponsor for our team. Stay tuned!
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