I am finally writing about our New Mexico vacation. As I usually do if I write about stuff in the past I post date the blog entry so i know when everything actually happened.
Today was our first day of M and I’s New Mexico vacation. In August we planned going away and after throwing around over a dozen North American cities we both thought lets go to Santa Fe. Leaving on September 11 was not our original plan but I was actually glad to get out of New York City on this day.
We had a really early flight out of LGA. M cashed in some American Airlines points she has been wanting to use on a vacation and got us free tickets for this trip. The kicker was we even got a first class upgrade going to New Mexico. We had to transfer in Chicago but it wasn’t too bad.
We got to Albuquerque a little before noon. After we picked up the rental car (we opted for a small SUV) we headed out to our hotel outside of Albuquerque. We were hungry so we stopped off in down town Albuquerque to try a cafe that M’s guide book suggested. We didn’t notice until we were out of the car that it was closed on Sunday:( We were then off to the hotel.
We were staying at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa outside of Albuquerque for the first 3 nights. Our room wasn’t ready when we got there so we hit up the hotel bar for some lunch. I had some fantastic flat bread with blue cheese and other stuff. It was good.
Once we dropped our stuff off at the room and hit up the pool. It was really cool. We got back to the room to find a complimentary bottle of wine and cheese plate. I was very impressed with American Express travel’s Fine Hotel & Resorts for this. I never booked anything through them before but Joe recommended using them since I had a card already.
After snacking we had dinner at the hotel’s regular restaurant. It was good.
We had a long day but it was a really good start to the vacation.