{"id":25295,"date":"2017-05-19T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=25295"},"modified":"2017-05-22T22:06:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T02:06:30","slug":"may-19-17-taos-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=25295","title":{"rendered":"MAY 19, 17 .. TAOS, NEW MEXICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had planned to drive from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Trinidad, Colorado, yesterday, Thursday the 18th.<\/p>\n

I left Santa Fe (heading first for Taos NM and then on to Trinidad CO) about 11:30am. I arrived into Espanola about 12-noon and I stopped for lunch.<\/p>\n

If you look at the map below, you will notice I did not go very far before I was ready to stop and take-a-break. Say, no more than 20-miles from Santa Fe to Espanola! This was not really a good sign.<\/p>\n

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Lunch at JoAnn’s.<\/p>\n

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Hello JoAnn.<\/p>\n

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A very nice restaurant.<\/p>\n

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Tuna on toasted whole wheat with cottage cheese. Yum-m-m-m!<\/p>\n

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Then IT\u00a0<\/em><\/span>hit me like a sledge-hammer. I said to myself ..<\/p>\n

“I don’t feel like driving up to Colorado. I want to just chill-out and enjoy the drive to Taos.”<\/p>\n

Bad news. I had booked and paid-for a room in Trinidad CO. I did not even have with me the name of the motel nor a phone number for it. I have got to get to a place<\/span>\u00a0with Wi Fi<\/span> so I can fire up my laptop and make a call and see IF\u00a0<\/em><\/span>I can change my reservation. Some Priceline deals you can not alter nor change the deal.<\/p>\n

I saw a Pizza Hut when I came into Espanola! Pizza Huts have Wi Fi.<\/p>\n

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I backtracked to the Pizza Hut and walked in.<\/p>\n

“Sorry Sir. Our Wi Fi is not working.” I was told.<\/p>\n

“Man Oh Manischewitz I have got to get connected someplace.”<\/p>\n

“I will let you patch-into our Wi Fi.”<\/p>\n

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I called my place in Trinidad, Colorado. They were cool! They said they’d see me on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Then I got onto Priceline and got a deal in Taos.<\/p>\n

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On to Taos. With a stop-or-two along the way.<\/p>\n

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Into Taos we roll.<\/p>\n

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My check-in crew.<\/p>\n

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Free breakfast.<\/p>\n

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Park by my door.<\/p>\n

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Two Kings.<\/p>\n

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Nice view.<\/p>\n

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Out to check on the Rio Grande Gorge. HWY 64 about 15-miles out of Taos.<\/p>\n

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It was in the 50s and the wind was blowing. I nearly froze-to-death.<\/p>\n

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What a Day!<\/p>\n

Smiling .. Cap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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