Santa Fe Trip: Day 3 – TequilaCon

Wow, what a great day!
Great food and great company
Great sights and great times.

As you may have guessed,
It’s time for a summary
Given as Haiku.

Breakfast Burrito at the Zia Diner

11am
was the time for breakfast at
the Zia diner.

Marty and Reba
came along with Wayne and me.
Bloody Mary Bar!

Breakfast Burrito!
One of the best I have had.
Green Chiles – oh, man!

Santuario de Guadalupe

Photo-tourism
was my agenda du jour,
with our without them.

Santuario
de Guadalupe was first
on my photo tour.

Time for us to part.
Back to the hotel for them.
More photos for me.

Photographer Poppy on the way up to The Cross of the Martyrs

But first, a detour.
A chance for Karl to get his
camera returned.

Luckily for me,
Karl was with other bloggers.
One… two.. three… four more!

Diana, Sarah,
NYC Watchdog, Poppy,
Karl and I – the group.

NYC Watchdog takes a break on the trek up the hill to The Cross of the Martyrs

Cross of the Martyrs
Was our first destination,
Up on a hill top.

An unfortunate
lack of sunscreen was the bane
of many of us.

A triumphant NYC Watchdog with The Cross of the Martyrs

To the top we went,
cameras clicking often
by each person there.

View of Santa Fe from The Cross of the Martyrs

With gorgeous weather
We ascended to the crest
And took in the view.

Karl, NYC Watchdog, Poppy, Sarah and Diana at the top of the hill above The Cross of the Martyrs

Peaceful communion
As we gathered about on
The top of the hill.

Diana, Karl, Sarah, NYC Watchdog and Poppy at the bottom of The Cross of the Martyrs hill

Down at the bottom
Time for a brief bit of rest
Before we moved on.

Poppy enjoys a Chile Relleno FajitaHappy couple

Back at The Plaza,
It was time for a small snack.
A few had ice cream.

But the real winner
was a veggie fajita:
Chile Relleno!

Joined along the way
By Robin (bellaventa),
Bringing us to six.

Happy couple

Time to continue,
With Poppy and Dawg in front —
Such a good couple.

The Loretto Chapel

Old Santa Fe Trail
To The Loretto Chapel,
Home to the famous…

The Miraculous Staircase inside The Loretto Chapel

… Engineer’s mystery:
The Miraculous Staircase,
A double spiral.

Legend describes a
Mysterious carpenter;
 An eight month project.

Originally,
No balustrades existed
And no support poles.

San Miguel Mission

Back to the hotel
Did most of the group proceed,
Leaving just Sarah,

To continue on
To the San Miguel Mission,
 Our last photo site.

Purported to be
Oldest church in the US.
Still holds Sunday mass.

With the city tour
complete, it was time to head
to TequilaCon!