Yesterday Blake and I drove from Flagstaff, Arizona to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The drive was long and full of healthy snacks, filtered water ((yeah, so we brought the filtered water we buy from this awesome place by our apartment in Dana Point, so what? Don't get us started on bottled or tap water at this point in the game...)) and melons! We like to throw them out of the window and smash all over... planting watermelon trees in the process, of course.
Eventually we got to beautiful, sunny, and hot Santa Fe!! Ah the memories that pour in for the two of us. Blake and I took our mountain bikes out of the truck and rode through the plaza. There was a jewelry and art fair going on in the entire plaza so there were tons of people everywhere, my second favorite version of the Santa Fe Plaza (first being in the dead of winter, silent, and white with sparkling snow; man I miss that town.) After our ride through town and up Canyon Road, we ate at our favorite sushi place, Izmi. Since we were in New Mexico, we naturally had green chilis in our veggie sushi rolls, perfection. The first time we went there my manager and friend while working at The Sleeping Dog Tavern (which is now a Greek place!) took us to Izmi with her husband after she and I had a spa night at one of my favorite places on earth, Ten Thousand Waves Spa. So what goes well with my love, long hours on the road, and a sentimental sushi dinner? We took our box van up the mountain, through winding roads with lush, green plants growing everywhere and had an hour and a half spa session all to ourselves at Ten Thousand Waves. Dear Lord, thank you so much for putting heaven on earth for us.
After the spa we found ourselves at dinner #2 for the evening at Maria's, for the best sopapillas...ever ((I speak passionately about this hunny and sugar covered dessert.))
We stayed at a motel and it was perfect. We watched the X Games on tv, and passed out.
This morning Blake and I checked out some juice bars and Vegan places. Surprisingly for Santa Fe there were quite a few healthy choices in the area. Not surprisingly they don't like to be open on Sundays. But we did end up at Body, a yoga/cafe/therapy/massage/store who served green juices (ah, finally) and a very impressive vegan and raw menu. We chose the blueberry vegan/gluten free pancakes and I'm pretty sure they were the bet pancakes I've ever had. From there we got on our bikes and headed into the plaza. People watching, shopping, and catching up with familiar faces was our morning.
((This was the street we used to live on ❤))
Now we are getting into Durango, another memorable town for the two of us. Looking forward to today and tomorrow's journey.
((We picked up a hitchhiker on the way, he didn't make it though. (Sorry vegan world.))
Dream Big, Ride Far!! And try not to bring road kill home...
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