La Veta
August 22, 2002 Thursday After fixing a flat tire in the morning, we got a scare when the car did not start in the afternoon. After getting a jump start from Sue, our neighbor, we realized that we had a dead battery. Luckily, this happened in our house. We did not waste much time changing the battery at a local automotive place. We were well on our way by 3.00 p.m. This trip was a big surprise for my wife. She did not know about the final destination. All through the three hour drive, she made numerous guesses and settled down to Santa Fe in New Mexico as our final destination. Realizing the distance to Santa Fe she got very tired thinking about it. By 6.15 p.m. the surprise was revealed and we were at La Veta, a beautiful town at the base of the majestic Spanish Peaks in the Cuchara valley in southern Colorado. The weather was cool as it had just rained. We checked in at the La Veta Inn, a great hotel of fine south-western architecture with a lot of adobe influence. The hallways...