The Atomic Hokies

Yo ho!  We made it past Oklahoma and the CST to arrive in our new home 7500 feet above sea level.  Our last day at the Holiday Inn had us looking down at the weather system and clouds from our perch in the beautiful Jemez mountains.  Did our stuff make it, you ask?  In the words of Lew Wallace, (author of Ben Hur and former governor of New Mexico) "Yes."

Yes that's Golda the Corolla riding in the truck.  Easily visible is our backyard playground, my telescope tripod, and a box labeled "B's chocolate #5 of 12".  B was worried about her chocolate, but she was worried about her two kids more!  Did the movers pack M and JC well enough with packing paper?

Oh phew!  The kids made it through the move with nary a dent!  And they didn't spoil, either!  After being unpacked, JC was disappointed to find that our comfy old sofa and chair were now slick and squeaky as seen below.

He soon realized that something even more therapeutic than popping bubble wrap is to tear saran wrap off of furniture!  We jumped in the Swagger wagon and went to explore Santa Fe, only an hour away!  Here we are outside a church named after my Uncle B (St. Francis of Assisi Church) working on the labyrinth foot maze!

As we told all of you, chain stores have to fit in with the surroundings.  Here we are outside the Santa Fe Target - you'd never know!

Finally, we drove back to our mountain aerie and tried baking.  Could we achieve a chocolate chip cookie as light and fluffy as we made just weeks ago as low landers?  Well, the kids were dressed far better for the job thanks to B's friend Amy K.

How did the cookies turn out?  Flat and looking a lot like stuffed french toast!