August 23, 2010 Santa Fe, New Mexico
Can't complain about the opera. Saw the Magic Flute in a great venue near the hotel. It is somewhat outside. Folks in the cheap seats got rained on. Lightning was distracting, all around the stage. They nabbed Laurie walking in with her camera so we have no proof. We can control the subitiles at our seat but I couldn't find the fast forward button.
Our car is only a half mile away. We should have parked and ridden our bikes in. Ruth bader Ginsburg is in the audience so they locked all the exits.
We drove to Bandelier National Monument today and hiked to some cave dwellings. Climbed up ladders to look inside. No furniture. Saw some graffiti like kids drawing animals inside and it really pissed me off, this being a national monument and all so I climbed inside and scraped it off with my knife.
Looks much better now. It started to rain with lightning and thunder so we beat it out of there just in time before the downpour but a convenient vendor under cover at the visitor center sold us a bracelet we had overlooked at the Indian Market yesterday.
We went on to Los Alimos for a look around. They are pretty paranoid out there with a security checkpoint before you get into town. Any cars with bikes on the roof get in right away. Evidently spies don't carry bikes. They had cute street names like Oppenheimer Drive, Bikini Atoll, and Trinity. Probably more cute atomic names too. 
I caught this bus zipping by. Is the driver reading the paper? Better watch out in Los Alimos.Tomorrow we drive 9.5 hours to Stephenville Texas for a quick overnight before our visit Wednesday to the Dr. Pepper Museum and bottling plant in Dublin Texas.
Regards,
Steve & Laurie
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