Woke at 7 this morning. I made one of the hotel prepackaged coffees
in Mary and Johns 4 cup Mr Coffee. This worked OK. Next we drove
to the Plaza to get our bearings. We paid for one hour of parking and
had breakfast at the Plaza Restaurant. I had the French Toast which was
excellent. The breakfast bill was $25, a little pricey. When we got back
tot he condo we decided to walk to the galelries. I looked up the Nedra
Mateuci galleries that Jim had recommended and marked it on John's yahoo
map. We were slightly confused at first since some of the streets weren't there
and others were not marked correctly but after a while we eventually found
the Matteucci galleries. They were worth it. The quality of the art on the walls
and then the huge sculpture garden were beyond anything I had expected. It blew
me away. Sculpture by Glenna Goodacre were my favorites. I inadvertantly
photographed some of her works at the art museum but seeing what she had done
in the Matteucci galleries was above and beond. The gallery had a nice book of
her sculpture. I need to find it on Amazon. Our next stop was lunch at the Shed.
Libbie liked the lady playing music - she said it would be nice massage music. I
bought her CD for Libbie's birthday. Our table was called where we sat down in a
wonderful room decorated with art with the walls in primary colors - yellow and
orange. I had a shedburger which came with fresh green chili's and yummy stuff.
My heel became pretty painful to walk on as we rounded the Plaza. When we
finally got back I jumped into the car and we found a CVS where I purchased a
heel gel pad. It made a difference in comfort. We also took a ride up to the
Santa Fe Opera to scope out the joint. It was only 6 miles away and it was
beautiful on the mountain top. We came back again and looked at photos and
napped. I fell asleep for a few minutes, Libbie did not. We left for the Opera
at 7:30 and made it to the preview lecture. The speaker was very dynamic and
entertaining, even singing some of the phrases from Hoffman. The thunder and
lightning rolled in as the opera started and it actually started getting windy
and cold in the auditorium. The Opera was spectacular, well done. I used the
binoculars to watch Nicklausse played by Kate Lindsey. For the curtain calls,
she got the biggest applause. Santa Fe sure loves Kate. We left in a light rain.
It seemed like a long time to come down off the mountain but it was only 7
minutes. Left the Opera house at 12:35 and we were on the Interstate at 12:42.
We got to bed at 1 AM.