{"id":40050,"date":"2023-08-09T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T20:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=40050"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:28:53","slug":"santa-fe-day-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=40050","title":{"rendered":"Santa Fe Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued From Santa Fe Day 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nRL loves these adobe homes and Southwest decor. She loved this sink.<\/p>\n

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\nFirst mission for the day is to get coffee. The temperature here in Santa Fe is cooler, in the mid 80s or low 90s during the hottest time of the day. It’s still a little warm, but not 104 like it is in Austin right now.<\/p>\n

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\nA couple blocks from us is this coffee shop.<\/p>\n

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\nCool spot, which means our kids are gonna be too distracting for most of the people here.<\/p>\n

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\nWhy am I feeding them cookies?<\/p>\n

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\nThey all wanted to try some drinks, so chai tea and matcha for them. Then of course, they all complained that it was too hot, except for CL. She drank her tea like a champ.<\/p>\n

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\nWith our drinks, we decided to take a little morning walk along this creek. Hopefully get some energy out of the kids…maybe.<\/p>\n

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\nRL takes a selfie…of her own eyes closed. Hahaha.<\/p>\n

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\nKL points.<\/p>\n

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\n“What could be nicer than drinking tea and walking next to a creek.”-CL Funny when those words randomly come out of a 6 year old’s mouth.<\/p>\n

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\nBack to our vacation rental condo after our coffee and short walk. Love the architecture at our rental, it’s really well thought out and beautifully designed.<\/p>\n

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\nAlright, it’s time to get going for our big event for the day now.<\/p>\n

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\nWe kept everything a surprise for the kids, so they had no idea what we are doing this morning.<\/p>\n

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\nWe got 10am reservations, and there was already a long line when we got here.<\/p>\n

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\nThey can’t guess what it is. They kept on thinking it was a movie theater.<\/p>\n

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\nNo mushrooms, lol. Meow Wolf was also surrounded by cannabis businesses. It makes sense to get high and then come visit Meow Wolf.<\/p>\n

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\nI’m excited for the kids to experience this. Hell, I am happy that me and RL get to experience this as well.<\/p>\n

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\nLove it.<\/p>\n

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\nThey built an entire house inside here.<\/p>\n

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\nA fridge with a secret passage behind it.<\/p>\n

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\nPortal through the dryer.<\/p>\n

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\nLet’s go!<\/p>\n

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\nBehind the house is a whole wonderland of….wonders.<\/p>\n

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\nMeow Wolf is like crack for kids. Everywhere they looked, they just pointed, yelled, ran around, pointed and yelled some more. Everything was exciting and out of this world for them. Awesome.<\/p>\n

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\nPure amusement.<\/p>\n

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\nThis was my favorite section.<\/p>\n

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\nAnother portal, through the fridge.<\/p>\n

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\nThis was cool, if you knock on the ribs, it plays different music notes.<\/p>\n

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\nIn Meow Wolf, this means enter.<\/p>\n

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\nYou can also play music notes by blocking the laser beams.<\/p>\n

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\nPussy face pussy?<\/p>\n

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\nWe were inside for about an hour and a half, and the entire time the kids just ran around nonstop looking and touching everything. What a crazy and amazing place for the kids, and also for the adults. Would recommend to anyone.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter that craziness at Meow Wolf, time to get some lunch.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is something we’ve never encountered before. My kids have infinite energy, but after an hours and a half of Meow Wolf, they came into the restaurant and they slumped over in the booth. They were mentally exhausted. I’ve never seem them over stimulated this quickly or this completely by anything before. The powers of Meow Wolf is not to be underestimated.<\/p>\n

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\nTraveling with 3 really active kids is very stressful.<\/p>\n

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\nInstead of chips and salsa, we were offered carrots and celery. Not sure how I feel about this.<\/p>\n

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\nThe sopapillas with honey butter was the bomb. So so so good!<\/p>\n

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\nI had foolishly brought these “make your own candy” treat boxes from the Japanese grocery store in Austin. The kids keep on pestering me to help them make some, but I’m so exhausted from the trip even though it’s only day 3. Alright, let’s make one of them.<\/p>\n

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\nRL enjoying her quiet time in our courtyard while I’m trying to give instruction to 3 kids.<\/p>\n

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\nFinished! little candy burgers and fries.<\/p>\n

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\nWell, at least the candy was a hit. Now, go watch your ipads for a bit while mama and baba lay down for a nap. We don’t have infinite energy.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter a nap that’s always interrupted and never quite long enough, we are now out and about. Heading to check out Santa Fe Plaza, only a couple blocks from our vacation rental. Love walkable places.<\/p>\n

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\nLots and lots of gift shops here. Lots of older people. Santa Fe is a magnet for older people, even my kids noticed that there are very few children and younger people here.<\/p>\n

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\nSanta Fe Plaza. Reminds me of the plazas that I see in Mexico.<\/p>\n

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\nAlright, enough browsing of shops, time to eat.<\/p>\n

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\nGood thing my kids will eat Mexican food…for the most part.<\/p>\n

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\nBack at home base. The girls are playing with their scratch pads that they got at Meow Wolf gift shop.<\/p>\n

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\nThen it’s bed time. Little KL is such a trouble maker, we always need to put him to bed by himself in his own bed. Then after he falls asleep, transfer him into the king sized bed with his sisters so that me and RL can get our own room. Exhausted, but overall a pretty fun filled day.<\/p>\n

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\nExhausted parents. At least we get to chill out on this amazing private courtyard. Love this small intimate space, and the weather here at night time is just perfect.<\/p>\n

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\nBeautiful weather, beautiful sound of the wind of the leaves. Perfect.<\/p>\n

To be continued at Santa Fe Day 3 Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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