New Mexico by Carly Foster


Caprice and I left on Thursday morning and arrived in Flagstaff that night. The next morning we set out for Santa Fe, N.M., along the way we stopped at several little roadside shops and we also stopped at Walnut Canyon National Monument. While there we spead some of Dan's ashes around. but the really amazing part was Saturday afternoon. We had walked all around downtown Santa Fe and looked in all the shops then finally went back to the hotel. We tried to take a nap that was interrupted so I decided to take a drive.

Now I have never been to N.M. and I have no idea how to get anywhere. I had a pedestrian map that the hotel had given me and that's it. So I set out to explore the town. I began driving making this turn and that turn, getting completely lost. Well as it turns out I was being led by Dan.

So I pulled in and as soon as I opened my door I heard a stream. I knew that Dan had brought me here to put some of his ashes in the stream, so I hiked a little way and there was the stream. It's a funny thing how Dan led me to the stream but even more he led me to a certain spot in the stream that he wanted to be. So that's where I put him. I hiked a little more down the path but didn't get the sense that he wanted me to do anything more. So I went back to my car and could not for the life of me figure out how to get back to the hotel. Dan took me to the stream then left me there!