This past week Jack was asked to give a speech in El Paso at a continuing legal education seminar. Since his speech was on a Thursday he thought it would be fun to visit Santa Fe during the weekend since it is a short drive from El Paso and he had never been there before. Never one to say no to a vacay, my parents, the boy and myself happily obliged and hit the road early Friday morning.
Once there we toured the town stopping at various art galleries, admiring amazing turquoise pieces and indulging in unbelievable Southwestern cuisine. I'm fairly certain the cub enjoyed himself as he stayed quiet in his stroller only opening his mouth to eat some fruit and veggies. Until the next day...Saturday we were up bright and early and decided to begin our day by showing Jack the beautiful churches in Santa Fe. We first went to St. Francis Basilica where the former archbishop, Jean Baptiste Lamy is laid to rest.
***Side note***Did you know that a church earns the title 'Basilica' only if there is a body laid to rest underneath it? I've been to churches all over the world and only now learned this! Crazy huh?
After a lovely visit to the Basilica we went on to tour the Loretto Chapel. The Loretto Chapel is famed because of it's spiral staircase which was built by an unknown carpenter said to be St. Joseph himself. The staircase is truly a work of art and a miracle because it was built without the use of nails or any kind of modern support system and was completed in only 3 months.
The Loretto Chapel holds a special place in my heart because the sisters of Loretto also founded my high school, Loretto Academy in El Paso.
Jackson was still very attentive and well behaved at this locale as well. In fact, he was good up until we decided to take a bus tour and then...well...
He got kicked off the tour! He was causing all kinds of mischief in the backseat and was diverting attention away from the tour guide so while he didn't really get kicked off he might as well have have because my poor dad had to get off the bus with him at one point so as to let the guide finish what he was saying.
I'm really glad Jack got to hear/listen/understand what the guide said during the tour because the rest of us were too flustered to recognize what was going on and Jack ended up recapping the entire tour to us at lunch.
Clearly the cub didn't care one way or another...
After a crazy tourtastrophe we decided happy hour couldn't come soon enough and grabbed a few drinks on the patio of our hotel.
All in all we had a lovely time in Santa Fe. The boy has never experienced those kinds of sights, smells and weather!!! It was an amazing 50 degrees at night and never got over 70 during the day! 
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