Abique Lake, NM

Today's ride was my favorite so far!!! Everything was so beautiful from start to finish. I am starting to understand why they call New Mexico the land of enchantment. Today's landscape was everything from mountains to valleys. We found trees again!! We found green grass again! I didn't even realize how much I missed it until I saw it again today. We arrived at the host fairly early and explored the small town for a bit. We stopped by the local library and explored the church and the landscape around it as well. Then we all shuttled to showers and some people went for a dip in the lake. I was not about to dive into ice cold water so I watched and then ended up taking a walk with Tiff and Mark. We got a ride from some nice park rangers to the showers. Showers are so refreshing at the end of a bike day. After showers we headed back for dinner. Donation magic pizza. Then Mark and I took a walk and enjoyed the scenery. I got to talk to him about Americorps and who knows maybe I will apply at some point. After our walk I grabbed my camera and started taking pictures of the sun set it was so incredible. During my picture taking I ran into Tiff and we decided to explore the land some more. We found a creek and some beautiful little houses. The sun set over th mountain was breath taking. But it gets better!!! We found cats :) And boy did we love on these little guys. One part of me was overjoyed that we had found animals. The other part of me was sad that I had to leave them outside and then the realist in me concluded that these cats were probably homeless and unaltered. They would contribute to the overpopulation problem and there was nothing I could do :( I will save the world one animal at a time but not today. Tomorrow perhaps. After our cuddle session it was pretty dark so we headed back to the host and hung out in our room for a while. Some people were watching a movie and it was hard to fall asleep so I talked with a teammate for a while before finally falling asleep.