DAY FOUR

Yesterday Brenda and I got up, checked out of that marvelous room, and strolled down to see the Georgia O’Keefe Museum. On the way down to it, however, we encountered a number of sidewalk vendors. So we looked them over and decided to come back afterwards to make the final decision.

The museum was wonderful. Her paintings with her remarks beside them were fascinating and we both thoroughly enjoyed our visit. I bought a biography about her and am in the process of reading it now.

Then it was back to the vendors where we bought some jewelry and a box for my box collection at home. After driving by the oldest church in North America, we ate a fabulous Mexican meal and started south.

After the three hour drive, we checked into the Riverbend Inn, situated right on the Rio Grande. Our little cottage is not much to look at outside (below), but the inside is very Southwestern. It has two bedrooms, one of which is also the sitting area, a large eat-in kitchen, and a bath. (I would like to bring home the painted tile basin in the bathroom.)

Of course, we hit the hot mineral springs as soon as we were unpacked and they are spectacular. The picture below of the view doesn’t really do it justice, but we can look out over the water to the mountains opposite. It was very relaxing and already my back felt better.

We hate at a nice restaurant and came back to more hot springs.

I’m looking forward to a Swedish massage tomorrow!!