Day 5 Denver

It's getting difficult to remember what day it is, so I know that I'm on vacation! So far our trip has been great, with few obstacles. We did have a VERY long day on Wednesday: we'd planned to drive from Flagstaff to Santa Fe (about 6 hours) and spend the night with our friend Tara's mom (I spend a few days there on the notorious Crazy Spring Break Road Trip 2000). We called her when we were in Gallup, and left a message on her cell phone. We called her a few other times from the road, but when we arrived in Santa Fe at 5:00 and hadn't heard from her, we started to get a little nervous. We drove downtown looking for a park (I had a vague recollection of one from my previous visit), but instead decided to chill at a Borders while we changed diapers, made phone calls and let the kids be free for a while. At about 6:00 we finally decided to just go for it and drive to Denver: the Ryan part of my Ryan-Kelzenbergness won out. And it actually wasn't too painful: Matt got the kids to take naps, we ate at a nasty Pizza Hut in Raton, and we watched "Finding Nemo" for an hour or so until the kids drifted off. We got here at about 12:30, and the following day we were a little out of sorts, but at least we weren't out of sorts in the car. It's been very nice to just relax with Matt's parents, and I had a most glorious walk yesterday morning: I walked around the lake by their house BY MYSELF, in pants and a t-shirt WITHOUT SWEAT POURING OFF MY BODY, and I got to see lots of pretty wildflowers. It was quite nice. Thank God we're not in Phoenix this summer! Today it was raining most of the day and I actually wore long pants, a long sleeved shirt and a coat outside! Matt and I are going to go on a walk soon while the children sleep--ttfn!