On the Road Again

tractor in field at sunset

A series of three articles on a road trip from the coastal plains of Texas to Santa Fe and Ghost Ranch, including a discussion of Route 66 and the great American Road Trip, meeting a quirky old man in Santa Fe, losing my heart at Ghost Ranch, and re-discovering Georgia O’Keefe.

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Road Trip to New Mexico

My journey outward was a long one, taking me from Houston and the coastal plains of Texas up to the Panhandle and Amarillo.

The Mercedes ate up the miles and as I left Goodnight, Texas, there was another forty minutes to my hotel in Amarillo. [Read more]

Link to Road Trip to New Mexico.

Embracing Santa Fe

An old man swung in through the door.

“Hi, Doc. How’s the day?”

“Good enough, De. But I’m wanting some coffee.”

Doc looked like he came straight out of central casting. Film order: we need a quirky old man to play a part in a Coen brothers film set it Santa Fe.

Check. Enter Doc Murray.  [Read more]

Link to Embracing Santa Fe.

Ghost Ranch

In the great wide open places, I can see the forever. The sky enfolds you, and then you are inside it. Whatever small place you came from is no more because you are part of that sky and the big beyond, and the rest isn’t important.

When the Spanish first rode into this valley in northern New Mexico, they called it Piedre Lumbre — the shining stone. Link to Ghost Ranch.

Ann Fisher

Writer, traveler, and cancer fighter. Get out there and live life!

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