santa fe at a glance.

today i did quite a bit of exploring. i ventured out into the unknown, finding some awesome and some not so pleasant things. a few things i learned today:

- "u" turns are encouraged at every, and i mean every chance the road allows it
-  walmart is something i have no desire to experience again
-  EVERYTHING is an adobe building (yes, target, banks, houses, even chili's)
-  watch out for the "speed humps" instead of bumps
-  if you miss the turn into your bank, just drive to the next block and there will be another one
-  i am only paying $3.05 for gas..booyah


i will try to give a quick blurp of how the day unfolded, and then i will let the pictures tell the rest. started the morning by cooking a nice big omelet with all the fixings, then mia and i headed off. i called the only friend i have made thus far (a 70+ year old lady) to find out where i could go run. i found the trail she told me about and it was absolutely amazing! then grabbed some grub at whole foods and went back to the same spot to picnic. after that, we ventured out to locate the retail (mall, target, best buy, petsmart, you know all the goods.) 

a nice lady at petsmart gave me the location of one of the dog parks where we went next. it started out a bit rough (new place, new dogs, new smells for mia) but she adjusted quickly and had a blast with the other dogs including another boxer. next was REI, (thanks to Julie Russell for letting me know there was one here) in which i grabbed a couple of gems of course! :)


i drove back towards my little adobe, driving into the most incredible sunset i have ever seen. no matter how alone i actually am during the day, God continues to remind me of His presence. 

i grabbed some dinner on the way home (it's not safe to be out past dark) and was nearly run over by a pack of city police racing by with lights and sirens. i asked the girl in the drive thru if that was pretty standard, she responded with "unfortunately, yes. have a good night ma'm!" gee thanks??? 

overall i am well pleased with my first day of adventure. i forgot to mention that i also located, the church i am going to try tomorrow and i am really excited about it. its an acts 29 church plant from matt chandler so we shall see. well guys, again, thanks for reading, i miss you all!!        
                                     

this is actually the house of the lady i know. mine is much smaller, but this gives you an idea of the "adobe" look.