This past weekend my family went on our first family vacation in about two years. For me it was the first time I've really been out of Albuquerque and the general surrounding area in that same amount of time. I know I've mentioned it before, but I am so not a city girl. We went up to northern New Mexico, kind of north and west of Taos up into Carson National Forest. Let me tell you, it is gorgeous up there! So much cooler and greener. I did not want to leave at all. We were gone Thursday through Sunday and it was nice to have two full days to just relax. Friday was my parents' 26th wedding anniversary so we enjoyed celebrating that with a steak linner (you know, too late for lunch but too early for dinner: linner). Busted out the wine and everything. It rained most of that day so we pretty just lounged around, napped a bit and played some games. Saturday was clearer so we went for a 2 mile hike which was fun and then my dad and I went for a drive while mom stayed back and read. Dad and I saw some really pretty country and just enjoyed getting to explore. Sunday I got up early to make the 4 and a 1/2 hour drive back to Albuquerque so I could continue filming with a friend who's making a pretty epic movie. So that made a fun, but exhausting day. One of the things I really enjoyed on our camping trip was getting back into some photography. I really haven't used my camera much since my family moved back into Albuquerque so it was a fun opportunity. There were some really pretty flowers we saw on our hike and with the rain we were getting most of the plants were covered in drops of water, something I've always wanted to photograph so I took advantage of that.
