Grand Canyon

At the last minute we sneaked in a
trip to the Grand Canyon. It wasn't
on our schedule originally as we have
been twice before but being this near
it was impossible to miss.
Although we have been before and
can even lay claim to being among
the 5% of visitors who have actually
hiked below the rim of the canyon,
the sheer size and majesty still took
my breath away.

Petrified Forest

Back in the USA later this week so
I had better speed up with the story
of the last trip!
From New Mexico we headed back
west for our flight home but not before
visiting the Petrified Forest National Park
where trees have turned from wood to
amazing coloured rock over a period
of hundreds of years.

Dutch Apple Cake

Also made Dutch Apple Cake today - still
using apples from the garden which we
picked and stored in September.
Very yummy & fit the Autumnal theme of
the day quite well I thought!

Autumn colours 3

Autumn colours 2

Autumn colours UK style

Today was my day off, no appointments
and the sun was shining so went in
search of some local Autumn colours.

Autumn colours New Mexico style

Next stop on our trip was Santa Fe,
New Mexico which was like a slice of
Spain in the middle of the USA.
being back in the city after a couple
of weeks hiking the desert and taking
steam trains into the mountains it was
time for some shopping and some art,
namely the Georgia O'Keefe gallery
which conveniently had free entry on
the day we arrived and was gorgeous.
As well as admiring the paintings we
were able to watch short films narrated
by Georgia O'Keefe describing why she
came to settle in New Mexico and how it
influenced her art.