Wonderful wonderful--New Mexico

Aloha people!
OK...The title of this post is about New Mexico, but I just love using "aloha" to say hi. Why not? :)
Currently, I am in this artistic place, Silver City, New Mexico, visiting my friends, Eric and JoAnne, who just moved to this town this summer.

This is the back of the downtown of Silver City. Tour from yesterday. I have never thought that I would live in the downtown of anywhere in this country. Downtown for me means busier people and more things to do (maybe IT IS what downtown means.:P)

This was from the second day of my trip here. Hiking on the Dragon Trail. How nice it is to hike around where you live! Oh my goodness!(-->wo de ma ya, "oh my goodness" in Chinese.) People probably will think it should be very warm in New Mexico. So did I. It was about 40F that day. It snows somedays, but it is sunny for the most of the time. The snow melts when it hits the ground. I saw some snow outside when I got up in the morning, but they melted about noon.

                

Eric and I found petroglyph on the Dragon Trail. When I saw the post, I was scared of anybody would come out and use the spear and shoot me. Blame on the cartoon.  :P

                 

This is the downtown of Silver City. From the picture, you can't really see the town. However, this is most wonderful town I have ever been! It is so artistic and so friendly. The road is not just flat. It goes up and down. Can't have a good picture of the road yet. :( I walked around the downtown yesterday. It was just about half hour and I fell in love with it! You can turn at one corner then you will find some cute galleries or shops. Eric and Jo told me about the coffee shops. I did see a few lovely coffee shops around, even at the corner. :) It is just a veeeeeeeerrry lovely town. So many hidden treasure. :) Just like you will run into some good stuff when you just randomly wander around.

Yesterday Eric, Jo, and I went to two stores to buy Christmas tree. People here cut their own trees so there is nothing left in the stores. Then Eric and I went to the Gila National Forest Ranger Station to buy a permit to cut a Christmas tree. How exciting! I have never cut a tree before...of course not  Christmas tree either.  It just sounded very fun. So today Eric and I went to the C Bar Ranch Road to find a tree. Surely, Eric did most of the work. I was responsible for taking pictures. :P My first time to smell Christmas!!! :)

Last picture of this post, it is a typical New Mexico view. JUST VERY COOL AND DIFFERENT from other places. 

Plus, my friends Eric and JoAnne are just the people to make this town more wonderful! So thankful that they are willing to host me for THREE 3 WEEKS!! Sounds like a long time, but it has been going by so fast! It is already almost Thursday! They always make good food. That's why I say they know how to eat. :) And we have good talks. They are just sooooooooooooo sweet, nice, and thoughtful!! You can't ask for more because you already have the most wonderful companies! 

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TAHNK YOU...n+1 times! Even though you don't like math, it means same thing as thank you for millions or billions times. :)