PHOTOS FROM SANTA FE NEW MEXICO!

GOOD MORNING!

TOWN SQUARE

A BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE

VERY OLD CHURCH

I'D LOVE TO BE HERE WITH....

VAST LANDS AND RADIANT COLORS

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While my fellow Pan Am friends are into the second day of the airline's 80th birthday celebration in Miami, Florida (the official first flight date is noted tomorrow) I had a very good day yesterday. The people here are very layed back and kind. The rich Indian-Spanish history and people are evident and inviting. My entire household is made up of Southwestern furniture and many handmade floor and wall rugs of wool. So, there is really nothing to buy for me. After a 9 hour work day Friday and some fantastic visits at local television stations, nightfall came and I drove to a point where you can literally look down into the valley of lights. I spent a couple of hours following the source of the lights East, South and West before ending up outside a fantastic solar research facility out here that is rapidly attempting to develop and implement solar power (my favorite power source since I learned about it in 7th grade). Next door, there was a movie lot. I have been enjoying my CD "The Raspberries Live on The Sunset Strip in L.A." with liner notes by "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen. When he was sitting in with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, it turns out he had a Chevrolet F-10 pickup with an in-dash cassette player with "The Raspberries Greatest Hits" firmly entrenched inside. In the late 90's, when I visited my best buddy in Colorado, I drove through Ratan Pass--a portion of the Northwest New Mexico with my Grateful Dead CD's for my travelogue music and the scenery was as today, unforgettably beautiful. I now know why Jodie Foster said that she could see why people are drawn to the beauty and romance of this vast land. She observed it during the filming of "Backtrack" with Dennis Hopper. That's all for now. I'm in Santa Fe for the day. E-I-E-I-O! :-)