It was up and at ’em waaaaaaaay too early Tuesday, as we had a 6:45a flight out of SNA. Not much to say about that, except we got there in plenty of time (thanks, Jim & Ginger) and were able to secure exit row seats (as were Stan and Jackie).<\/p>\n
Parted ways with those two at DIA and had lunch at the surprisingly tasty Chef Jimmy’s<\/a> on Concourse A. It had been too busy on the way out, but we got a seat for two with no wait and had some very yummy (pricy, but worth it) food. Though it’s on A, I’ll make a point of swinging by there in the future even when flying out of B.<\/p>\n Then came a couple of hours of sitting and … sitting, waiting for our Albuquerque flight. Which eventually did come, and we boarded the little 2×2 CanadAir jet for the cramped but mercifully-but-an-hour hop to ABQ.<\/p>\n Bright and sunbleached, yet, ironically, greener than the San Joaquin Valley in California. That’s the summary panorama view of New Mexico right now.<\/p>\n Hit a disappointing snag at Hertz. I’d done a special rental request online for a Subaru Outback, a vehicle that’s on our current “hmmmm, do we want to buy that?” list. Instead, we got a Forester, which was not on the list (though, to be honest, it drove nicer than I remember in test drives — though, again, when test driving last car purchase, I was looking for what ended up to be the Impreza). More on the Forester some other time.<\/p>\n Drove the hour-or-so up to Santa Fe, and found (once again) the Inn on the Paseo<\/a>. This is where we stayed last time (which was, cough, about a decade ago), but where my parents have been staying on their Grand Loops to Denver since. Though the room we had was on the street, the noise level was not bad. And it was a queen-size, not the king-size we requested — but that’s not bad either. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n More on the Inn later.<\/p>\n We lounged a bit, then headed off for dinner at El Nido<\/a> (review<\/a>).<\/p>\n Came back to the Inn and then took a walk downtown, looking at closed-for-the-evening galleries and marveling at the construction over the last decade.<\/p>\n Headed back to the hotel, and had a largely relaxing time of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was up and at ’em waaaaaaaay too early Tuesday, as we had a 6:45a flight out of SNA. 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