FIRE SEASON.

FIRE SEASON HAS BEGUN.  It has become very official that fire season is now here and in full swing.  Brian is currently at the Gladiator Fire in Arizona, which is only one of the many current forest fires.   It is safe to say I spend a lot of time refreshing the website that allows me to get updates on the fires.  It is up to 13,000 Acres and only 10% contained.  With the fire growing everyday, I know the crew will not be back for a while.  I have been doing my best to stay busy and keep distracted!  My new job has helped a lot and I really enjoy being around the few people I work with.  It is a local outdoor sports shop in the plaza downtown.  I have gotten to update a couple of the window displays and have two more larger ones I am currently brainstorming about.  Also, I have been very thankful to have  met Natalie (a fiance) and Caitlin (a Wife) of two of the guys on the crew.  On my day off, we took a trip to the RIO GRANDE, a river about 30 minutes away.  They brought their doggies and we walked along side of the river while they played in the water.  The scenery was beautiful and the weather was perfect (which I have learned, is not surprising in Santa Fe). 

Again, I took pictures of this adventure but my camera is not super fancy so it does not fully capture the BEAUTY of Santa Fe.  

Meet Treya-One of Natalie's sweet pups

This is Cypress, Caitlin's Best Friend 

Diving for rocks...so funny

This is Treya's brother Rusty & My favorite picture captured from the day!

The Rio Grande has been added to the list of places I will take Bri after the fire season.  I am so glad to be able to continue to explore Santa Fe!  

  

TWO DAYS OFF

As most of you know, even though Brian left in April, he was still working on school work in order to graduate this semester.  As of last week, it is official that he is a college graduate. I am so proud of him!  Last week was finals week for Eastern so he spent his two days off at our new favorite coffee shop, finishing his classes.  I spend the days telling him to hurry up and finish so we could hang out :).  We were so happy when Wednesday rolled around this week.  He was still on call but had the day off! We took full advantage of this and went on a day hike at the Atalaya Mountain Trail which is about ten minutes from our apartment.  It was about a seven mile hike round trip with the most amazing views along the way.  I was a bit winded towards the top (especially after we decided to take the steep route rather than the normal route) but we made it.  We enjoyed spending time together and the view was so rewarding! 

We took a few pictures from the top of Atalaya Mountain!  My camera just didn't do it justice.  

Since We Tied The Knot

Since the Wedding we have had so much excitement going on!  We are finally getting settled in our new home and are really learning to love Santa Fe.  Brian really loves his new job and is learning more than he imagined he would!  He works long days and comes home really tired but he enjoys the challenges that the job brings.  I have been lucky enough to meet about half the guys on the crew and some of their wives, fiances, and girlfriends.  It has been nice to meet some new friends and I have been able to spend some time exploring Santa Fe with them.  We are going to really appreciate each others company when the crew starts to leave for fires more often!  So far, they have only left once for a quick three day fire in Southern New Mexico.  


Since I was unsure of how long he would be gone, I was so thankful to have my first visitors!  My wonderful Nana and Abuelo came from Southern New Mexico to stay with me at the apartment.  We went and did some sightseeing, furniture shopping and walked through all of the neat art galleries on Canyon Road.  

 I was so glad to have the company and with the fire being so short they even got to visit with Brian!  I am already looking forward to the next time they come and visit.