Day 310 -- Third Day in Santa Fe

The concierge at our hotel told us there was a great Farmer's Market right down from our hotel on Saturday mornings so Harry and I headed over there while Avis and Bill had breakfast.  It was a great experience because it was truly an organic market for all the food and products that were being sold there.  The vegetables were beautiful and some were a bit unusual and new to me.  There were also lots of organic oils, rubs, salves, teas, meats, etc. being sold and then there were also some handmade crafts there.  We really enjoyed it--I was so busy looking at stuff that I forgot to take any pictures while I was there!

We went back to the Governor's Palace to pick up the earrings that Avis had ordered the day before to match her ring and bracelet.  Then Harry and I walked over to a cork store named Querke.  I knew the Watts visited one in Portugal and got some cool things, so I wanted to see for myself.  There stuff is made in Portugal and I even saw a hat like Weston came home with!

Bill and Avis drove over and got us when we texted them that we were done, and then we headed out on a little driving excursion to a Pueblo (which is one of about 7 small communities out from Santa Fe that have their own governments and are often populated solely by Indians.  The one we went to had the oldest continuous running trading post which we stopped in to thinking we would find lots of trinkets and doodads for souvenirs.  Not so!  It was a very very expensive store that is owned by two ladies, one of which makes jewelry and the other who makes costumes for Hollywood movies including Dances with Wolves.  She specializes only in Western type movies and has won an Academy Award for her work.  She makes everything authentically having learned how to do it from the various tribes around the country.  Anyway, she had lots of her costumes in the store for sale--and we're talking thousands of dollars each.  At least it make the jewelry look cheaper!  It was like a museum really but everything in there was for sale.  We enjoyed looking and talking with the jewelry maker and the other clerk who was very knowledgable.  They wouldn't let us take pictures inside but I got one of the teepee out front and the front of the store.

After leaving there, we drove around some more and found some very interesting rock formations on tribal lands--couldn't walk up to them for the barbed wire fences and no entrance signs but enjoyed looking at them.

When we got back to Santa Fe, Bill and I went to the Canyon Road area where all the art and artisan stores are located.  He took me into a goldsmith's shop, and I walked away with a beautiful new pair of earrings!  The restaurant we had reservations at was also on this road and we had 5:30 reservations so we could get back, pack and get some sleep before our long drive home the next day.  The place is called Geronimo's and is the premier restaurant in Santa Fe.  Bill and I ate there with Dave and Paula when we were there 20 years ago, and we were surely not disappointed this night either.  I had the absolute best salmon I have ever tasted in my life!  Thus ended our exploration of Santa Fe for wake up call is 5:15 in the morning to get on the road by 6!

Best Salmon Ever!!