Finally, A Place to Call Home

There's still a fare amount of boxes stacked around, with contents waiting for their final destination, but we are home, now. Santa Fe is a gorgeous town, with friendly people and promise for a great future.

Cameron is settling into his job and likes the people he works with. It's a positive environment to be in, though it's often exhausting. Adjusting to the pace of a "real" shop, as opposed to the school setting, has been challenging, but he's getting the hang of it and has been praised for his work. They seem to be very happy with their choice for a new technician.

I'm looking for a part-time job and taking some business classes. New Mexico has tons of support available for small businesses and so I thought I'd look into what is available. The classes I'm taking are free and offered by a non-profit organization that provides support and counseling for anyone interested in starting their own business. They are general in nature, such as creating a business plan, handling finances, state and local laws and tax information, etc. It's very interesting. Held 2 times a week for 2 hours, my head is usually spinning by the time I leave the building. They pack a lot of information into those 2 hours.

The weekend before last, we took a ride to Las Vegas (New Mexico, that is). We had intended to go elsewhere, but not really knowing our new surroundings, yet, sent us off to the hometown of the Rough Riders (Roosevelt's). We spent a little time there, had lunch at a popular local restaurant, and headed back home. We'll revisit later, when we can spend more time really looking about the historical downtown area. I just wasn't up to spending the day walking around (knees, again) as the original ride was only going to take us a couple of hours and this one was a bit longer.

Last week, we went on a ride around town to explore. We like to play "Where does this road go?" and often wind up in unusual places. This time we found Hyde Park. It's a very pretty ride that took us about 3000 feet above Santa Fe. It was the perfect day for such a ride, too.


Here's a slideshow of pictures from all of this:

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