Like I Have Time For This?

Here’s a few shots of what it looks like up in the Baca Grande country, for those of you who are wondering.

Here’s a picture of the dormitory:

Here’s a shot of one of the peaks that surround the little valley:

This year, for the first time ever, we had a large herd of elk move through. We saw them every evening when we went out walking, but they were quite shy, so getting in close enough for good pictures was really difficult. Here they are from a distance:

The usual Baca routine goes something like: Wake up. Have coffee. Write a little before anyone wakes up. When they do wake up, make more coffee. Drink more coffee with friends. Have a little breakfast. Then, get dressed. Write some more. Go for a walk. Have some lunch. Write all afternoon. Then have dinner with everyone. After dinner, go for a walk to watch the sunset.

Here’s what the sunsets generally look like all the time:

You can see why we always like to go walking around this time of evening.

After the evening walk, we’d all go back inside and listen to the coyotes wail for a while. We’d make tea or pour wine, and talk and talk and talk. And then we’d all go to bed and get up in the morning and do it all over again.

Hmmm…. I’m sort of already looking forward to next year. Can you blame me?