Go West

Back home after three and 1/2 weeks. whew.... Of course too much traveling, renting cars, buses, food and people to see. But worth it - to reconnect with family and friends. I felt like the trip was reminiscent of the "Where's Waldo" puzzle of maps -first Long Island, NY then to Saratoga Springs, NY, bus to Boston, then to Cape Cod, on to NH, back to Cape Cod, back to NH, and then finally back to Logan for return trip. I don't want to count up the $$ spent on the trip - at least the first part for the writer's conference is tax deductible....

I wished for alot of rain during my visit East - and be careful what you ask for because it rained every day except for one! Then when I returned to Taos last week it was overcast for the first day but then it's been back to sunshine as usual.

Highlights of the trip was seeing people and yes I did get my feet in the ocean (except that's all - only one 2 hr afternoon at the beach), eat a lobster roll, fried clams and lots of homemade icecream. I have the extra pounds to prove it. For some reason New Mexico is not big on ice cream - only three choices in town - McDonalds(if you call that ice cream), Baskin-Robbins, and Taos Cow - which just doesn't measure up to the homemade creamy-ness of the cows on the East. Alas - at least not as much temptation.

Settling into the new apartment and getting used to a smaller space and less sunlight - the good news about that is that it doesn't get anywhere near as hot as the earthship did on really warm days.... there's always a flip side.