The past few days have been full and fun, a trip to Capitan, n.m. Home of Smokey Bear and a great feed/mercantile/tack store where I bought a snazzy headstall and a concha belt. Then over to Ruidoso where we made our annual pilgrimage to Casa Decor for Mexican tiles and some really great cheese and onion enchiladas. This is beautiful, high desert country, bordered by the Mescalero Indian Reservation. Last night we went to the Flickinger Theater and participated in the chocolate buffet and the Sons of the Pioneers show. a few days ago we bought some gunny sacks of Hatch chilis ($13/bag) in town and are now headed south today to El Paso, Tx to have my iPad looked at and to go to the El Paso Art Museum where there is an exhibit of Diego Garcia Cubist paintings...who knew?? More to come...