Onward to Los Alamos

We decided that driving straight through to Four Corners would make for a bit too long of a stretch, so we decided to add a stop in Los Alamos to visit the Bradbury Science museum which documents the development of the atomic bomb. Along with way, we passed through Santa Fe and decided to stop in for lunch. I didn't know much (OK, anything) about Santa Fe before, so I was really surprised when we pulled into downtown and found a really neat area full of cute little shops, art displays, lots of places to eat, and no available parking spaces whatsoever. No problem, we'll just ask the Nav where the nearest parking garage is and pull in there. Nope! Those are both completely full. Thankfully, just as we were considering giving up and heading for the suburbs, we got lucky and a spot cleared out just in front of us. Score! We quickly found a place to eat called the Blue Corn Cafe, and decided that trying out New Mexican food was worth a stop. I'll leave it to Matt or Annette to leave a post raving about the food since I wound up skipping on the local fare, but suffice to say they were in a very good mood after lunch.

We wandered around the downtown afterwards, stopping in a very neat games store where the owner was very friendly and enthusiastic, and showed up lots of neat games, one of which will be making an appearance at the next games night. While wandering, we saw a flyer for the Loretto Chapel, which Matt and I were both familiar with, but neither one of us had realized was 2 blocks away from us. We took a quick browse through, and then had to hustle back to the car since the meter was almost expired. Since we still wanted to visit the Bradbury museum, which closed at 5:00, we had to head on without any more exploring, but we might swing by Santa Fe again time permitting on the way back home since it will be pretty much along the way.

An hour up the road, we found the Bradbury Museum in Los Alamos and visited. It was neat and informative, and worth visiting if you are in the area.