September 20, 2020 Lunch at Santa Cruz Lake. Dinner – Cesar Salad

 September 20, 2020 Lunch at Santa Cruz Lake.  Dinner – Cesar Salad

We watched the news programs in our room at the Kachina Lodge and ate the rest of our hamburger and sweet potato fries left from last night’s dinner that Suzette microwaved.  At 10:00 we packed the car and drove south.  We stopped to fill the tank and Suzette got coffee. We turned southeast onto the Talpa road at the Trading Post and soon passed Dasburg, Cook, and Reed’s houses.

We drove to Sipapu and turned left toward Tres Ritos and drove as far as the Comales camp ground so we could see some aspens whose leaves had turned yellow.  

We then drove back south west along the high road, stopping at Trampas to view the church.  At Chiquito we turned off the road and drove to Santa Cruz Lake, where we at lunch at a picnic table overlooking the small mountain lake.  We ate the ham, cheese, avocado, and lettuce sandwiches I had made with a bottle of French rose from Provence that was 100% carignan.

Comales camp ground

 

                                                                  Trampas

Chimayo

 

Bob with the holy dirt 

We then drove to to the Santuario de Chimayo where we filled a cup with holy dirt and bought two bags of heirloom Chimayo medium red Chile powder.

The reason the dirt is holy is because it is from the location where the Spanish friars buried a small wooden cross when they were expelled from New Mexico during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, so it was the only Catholic symbol to survive the revolt.

We then drove home.  Watched The Kansas City vs. LA Chargers game and Suzette rested.  We then went to the ceremony at Tiguex Park honoring the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.  I was touched when a rabbi chanted a Hebrew prayer for her memory.

When we returned home Suzette said she was not hungry, so I suggested making a Cesar Salad.  We had all the ingredients, the croutons, the Parmesan cheese, the anchovies, and Romaine lettuce plus the Cesar dressing that I added lemon juice and Spanish olive oil to.

 We watched the end of the Tour and then PBS Mystery “Van Der Velk” and then went to bed.

We both felt bloated after all the bread we had eaten on Saturday and Sunday, so we were happy to eat salad for dinner with a chocolate chip cookie for dessert.

Bon Appetit