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10/8/14

Road Trippin' - Finally Home

The drive to New Mexico is very, very, very long. It is so long it required three “very” in that last sentence. We usually split our drive up into two days doing one long day of driving and one short day. I have made this drive a handful of times and it never gets easier. I am just not a really fun road trip person after about seven or eight hours of being in the car.

We had made the decision to spend time with Kenyon's parents on Sunday morning and then rolling part way out of New Mexico towards home. It ended up our trip home was split into two shorter days of driving and one longer day. Our first leg took us to Farmington, NM. We stayed a Best Western Plus which was really nice.

Our second leg took us through a small part of Colorado and stopped at Brigham City, UT. That hotel was a Days Inn, also really nice. A hotel is a good hotel in my opinion if the bed is comfy and the shower head is nice.

The final leg of our drive brought us back to Idaho. Home Sweet Home.

I do enjoy parts of the drive between Idaho and New Mexico. It is very pretty in Utah and driving through Moab is picturesque.

The leg between Prove and Price is also very scenic. One side you have beautiful rocks and cliffs and the other side you have water and train tracks. I love seeing the trains disappear through the mountain tunnels. I especially love the huge windmills that sit along side the roadway. I always want to pull over and get out to take photos but there isn't a really good place to stop. (Please ignore the bugs on the windshield).

We don't make the drive each year and if we can get a good deal on a flight that is usual our, well really my, preference. There are times it is nice to take in the sights and I am forever grateful for the beautiful countryside in which I live.

10/6/14

New Mexico Food

New Mexico is pretty much the land of red and green chile. Every year on our visit we look forward to going to particular places that serve food we crave. Kenyon is all about the green chile on pretty much anything!

We always visit Litta Anita's. That is one of Kenyon's favorite places from growing up in New Mexico. I ended up sharing a dish with my Aunt Barb although I had my eye on the vegetarian tamales. I am making a mental note to try these on our next visit.

Little Anita's also has a green chile stew I had been wanting to try. My in-laws have ordered it on previous visits and it always sounds good. We went to Papa Filippe's for lunch one day. I wasn't super hungry and green chile stew sounded good. The great thing about Mexican food is that you can really make a whole meal out of chips and salsa! I like to save room for dessert...the soppipelias. I ordered a cup of green chile stew (with a bit of a kick I might add) and added in Kenyon's whole beans from his Navajo taco. Since he didn't want them I had them on the side. It was delicious!

We also had some of the best soppipelias at Papa Fillipe's. They were fresh from the fryer, fluffy, crunchy, and totally hit the spot! I love mine with lots 'o honey.

We tried some new food creations at the Balloon Fiesta. The green chile cheese curds consisted of Colby jack cheese dipped in a batter with a mixture of green chiles and then deep fried. They were really greater then again when isn't deep fried cheese good? I seemed to have been so excited to eat my cheese curds as I am now seeing I don't have a photo. Bummed. They were really big and amazing. Sorry I dropped the ball on that one!

Kenyon had planned to just snap a photo of the grilled cheese donut to send to his supervisor and then decided to actually try one. I had a bite and it was...different. I can't say it was worth the $7 price tag but we can now say we tried one.