First off - New Mexico is f'ing awesome. It's beautiful, the people are friendly, and we can't wait to come back. However, we found out what happens when it rains down on this red clay soil...it turns to snot. You can see the initial stages of the van and trailer as we attempted to extricate it from the mud this morning. We were only successful getting the trailer out. The van is still sitting nestled in a ditch of mud. Hopefully, we'll get it out tomorrow. We have a day off before we head to Trinidad, Co, so at least we have some play in the schedule.
Anyway, we had to rent a U-haul truck to tow our trailer filled with gear to Santa Fe. Of course, the truck only had two seats up front, which meant three of us yahoos rode in the cargo department for 40 miles. Good times...now I know what it's like to import illegals across the border... well, kind of. I didn't receive a big fat payment for my troubles.
Friday we hope to get things all straightened out...and clean out the metric ton of mud that now resides in the van. It is crazy how nasty this soil turns when it gets some water to mix with.
Aside from the that, our shows at Molly's (Tejeras) and the Cowgirl (Santa Fe) were absolutely awesome. The people enjoyed our music, bought merch, and danced their asses off. It was a refreshing change of pace from most everywhere else we've been. We will definately be back here next fall. And hopefully we won't bring the NW rain with us. (Yes, ironically, today was the first day in 6 weeks it has rained here in New Mexico...)
That's it...time to sleep. Big day busting out of ditches tomorrow.
cheers,
DF & SBSD
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