La Posada Resort, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
It’s wonderful to be traveling again! Our First Borns road trip days are behind us—long 8,9 hour driving days, multiple states and lots of stops are in our proverbial rear view mirror. But adventures by plane! That we can do. Between the three of us we have one good set of ears, one good set of eyes, and five functioning knees. So, far, that’s all we’ve needed in sunny Sante Fe.
I’ve had to cancel planned trips to Santa Fe twice! We cancelled our annual spring break trip altogether two years in a row —in March 2023 Mom was just moving back to Milwaukee and in 2024 I was sick. It’s hard to think about those opportunities lost; as Mom ages and Felix grows up and I decline…there are only so many years left for adventures with my bookends. Only so many days left for artsy cafes, spring sunshine and laughs like these.
Mom and Felix on sharing a bed:
Mom: ”How many beds are there in our room?”
Me: “There are two queen beds and only one person who’s paying for them”. (I really wanted to say “and there’s only one Queen” but I knew Mom would take that title).
Mom, describing that Felix has gotten so much bigger and moves around a lot, “Ok Felix, I know what we can do, we can put a pillow between us, build a little pillow wall.”
Felix: “Pillows don’t protect me from farts Grandma”.