| We are lucky enough to have our dear friends the Martins just up in Santa Fe. |
| And that they like doing fun things like hiking! |
| We finally saw a snake on a mission to find some free natural hot springs. We ended up taking a 6 mile hike each way. |
| Ben and my fellow interns wisely decided to wait until the snake crossed the road before passing by. |
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| Here are some of my fellow interns soaking in the 3rd of 4 hot spring pools. |
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| The trees surrounding us were covered in this crazy hanging moss that looked icicles. |
| This is the view as you sit soaking. WHOA! Way to go NM! |
| It also started pouring while we were in the hot springs which made things pretty magical. |
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| Ben and I went on a hike the weekend before in the Sandias which is the range that overlooks ABQ. Here Ben checks out the view. |
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| There are some crazy trees in New Mexico. Look at the weird bark! |
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| We found a (tiny) waterfall, |
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| a nice shady path, |
| and some tiny lizards (correction, a diligent reader identified this as a horned toad AKA horned frog). |
| Holy smokes living near mountains is amazing! |









