Welcome Home BBQ at Chris' ~ good food & company ~ a great party recipe !!

Epcot

We visited Epcot Center in Orlando to see all the beautiful exhibits. There were water falls, flowers & lovely buildings from around the world, and of course, the Disney characters done in foliage. We rode on a Norse ship and a Mexican boat, saw the 360 degree movies of several countries. One ride took us through a future garden with hanging tomatoes, huge cucumbers, limes the size of grapefruits and strawberry towers. They are grown mostly without soil & suspended above the ground. We also ate good old American hamburgers & had a great day.

Waterfall & lake

Goofy & Mickey

Flower sculptures

The Three Cabonerras

Lily pond

Bonsai trees

Lady & the Tramp

These are windmills in Texas. There were so many of them on both sides of the road,
we couldn't count them all.

The great Mississippi River in Jackson, MS

Carlsbad Caverns, NM

Mountain Cactus Flower

Carlsbad Sunset

Cavern Beauty

Roswell, NM

We visited the UFO Museum in Roswell............everybody needs
at least one alien, right?

Santa Fe, NM

We had lunch in the park square in Old Santa Fe. Isn't this a beautiful setting to eat Carnitas? They were soft wraps filled with marinated beef strips with onions & peppers that made our mouths burn & our eyes water, but they were really good!

Some of the old buildings in Santa Fe; churches, inns and art galleries.

Highway 64 from Mesa Verde to Taos, NM

On the Rio Grande River, this is a training group, practicing falling out of a raft during a trip through rapids. These folks turned their own rafts over & then climbed back in. Notice the wet suits? The water temp is probably about 40 or 50. We watched them for a while as we were driving on the road above and then pulled over, sat on rocks and photographed them as they came by. They're hardier than we are.





Outside Taos, NM, there is a community of over a hundred earth homes. They are built into the ground about 4 feet & then bermed as well. The houses are completely self-sufficient; they generate their own electricity thru solar and wind power & recycle their water to drink, bathe in, flush toilets & water their indoor gardens. It's a super idea and I'm about ready to build one in Florida. Anybody game???





We drove through the San Juan Mountains on Highway 64 after leaving Mesa Verde. These shots were taken at 10,339 feet! There was snow everywhere, but the roads were kept clear. We were pretty happy to get out of those mountains.