Good food-January 31, 2014

When we checked in here a restaurant called Andeles was recommended to us as authentic Mexican food. So, we went there last night. It was authentic indeed and very tasty. We enjoyed it very much. It was only later that we realized we were eating on Central Standard Time and we're in the Mountain Time Zone now. No wonder the restaurant did not start filling up until we were leaving!

Today we went to Pepper's. It is a café located inside a fine dining restaurant called the Double Eagle. We have eaten in both before. Today we only wanted salads so we ate in the sidewalk café.

The entry has the typical Spanish courtyard entry. This is in

Mesilla Valley which was an old stage stop way back when.

 

And this is the courtyard where we had lunch. It is a very happy place.

The food is excellent and has been every time we have eaten there.

 

As we were leaving I noticed the roof on the village Catholic Church.

I'm not sure what it is made of. It appears to be silver but I know

better than that. It is probably tin, but it is very nicely done.

 

We're too full to eat again tonight so we are staying in and avoiding the blowing dirt. The wind is supposed to die down tonight so we will move on to Arizona tomorrow. We are making headway to our destination.

 

 

On a completely different note, we know now that both the state of Alabama and the state of Georgia were notified by FEMA prior to the snow storm that the storm was coming and they needed to take emergency measures. Both governors ignored the warning. Consequently 7 people in Alabama died in that storm. What a tragedy. Atlanta weather forecasters warned of the impending storm. Birmingham forecasters said it would not happen there. Another tragedy on top of the first one. I pray for all involved.