Vacation to the Mountains - Day 1

We were fortunate to be able to go on a family vacation to New Mexico and Colorado with my parents before Ollie started work (unfortunately Robert couldn't make it b/c of work). So we went on our first long road trip with the kids. We first drove to Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is an eleven hour drive. We left at around 5 am so the kids could sleep for a few hours. Then we stopped in Vernon, TX for a breakfast of donuts, bananas and milk. The kids loved the special treat. Then we drove for several hours. The kids read books, slept and watched a movie. We stopped for lunch in Santa Rosa, NM at a little park with a pond that we walked around to get out some energy before hitting the road again. We arrived in Santa Fe about 4 o'clock. The kids did great in the car all day. We were initially worried, but now we feel like we can do more road trips with the kids. We checked in to the hotel and went for a swim in the pool which the kids enjoyed. My parents arrived in Santa Fe about 5:30 and we headed to one of our favorite spots for some good new mexican food, Blue Corn Cafe. Being that it had been an extremely long day we all went to bed early.