Santa Fe



Madrid New Mexico



 This is the church
         called
Loretto Academy
            of
Our Lady of Light

This stairway is         unreal

down town area of Old Sante Fe

 City Plaza in Old Santa Fe

Today we started out for Santa Fe. We decided to take the back road to Santa Fe and boy are we glad we did (at least Gail & I am). We came across a little town on the way - Madrid - it’s pronounced Mad-rid we were informed. Cute place - it was almost like stepping back to the mid 60’s. There were a lot of old hippy type people hanging out. The hot spot was the coffee shop & we just had to have a cup of coffee and check it out. Gail found a great store in town - it was a THRIFT STORE. We had to get our shopping fix. Really fun stuff in it. Greg even found something he HAD to have. After we got our fill of the cool little artsy town we moved on down the road. And lo & behold there was a yard sale and we had to stop. Gail & I managed to find a couple of treasures we had to have. Chuck & Greg were glad the stuff wasn’t too big to stash in the motor homes. OK, so we are back on the road to Santa Fe. Another fun town.
Our first stop in Santa Fe was  the chapel called Loretto Academy of Our Lady of Light. This is the church that has the stairway that has 33 steps & 2 complete turns of 360* without a center support. The story of this stairway is very interesting. Too much to include here. If you don’t know about this place check it out. We then strolled through the Old Town Square. Lots of shops. We had lunch and headed back “home”. BUT on the way back we came across a yard sale & we Had to stop. More treasures found, at least Gail & I thought so. Back home - regrouped - had dinner & planned our next leg of this adventure. Tomorrow we head towards alien land. Pray we don’t get beamed up.