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Ghost Ranch: Sunday/Monday

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WHAT BENNIE'S BEEN DOING: Week 11 (New Mexico) Part 2B: Ghost Ranch Sunday/Monday Sunday Morning, November 11, we worshiped in the great cathedral of earth and cliff and sky as we hiked the Kitchen Mesa Trail. With light snow forecast for mid-afternoon, we started right after breakfast. On the way to the Trail Head... Partly Cloudy with Blue Skies! Kitchen Mesa Trail Panorama Sunday Morning More BIG Rocks Along the Way :) Remember Jesus talking about the rocks shouting the Glory of God?! We could hear this one loud & clear! It's getting cloudier :( But still partly clear the other direction :) Climbing Up, Up, Up!!! Beautiful Rest Stop on Kitchen Mesa Trail! View from near the top of Kitchen Mesa It started snowing light flurries, so we headed back down :( We got back to the ranch before the light snow started. On the way we snapped a few pics of the Ghost Ranch sheep :) Ghost Ranch Sheep Ghost Ranch Ram
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Ghost Ranch, Friday/Saturday

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WHAT BENNIE'S BEEN DOING: Week 11 (New Mexico) New Mexico, Part 2A: Ghost Ranch, Friday/Saturday Because there are so many gorgeous pictures of our hikes at Ghost Ranch, I am putting them in two separate posts: Friday/Saturday and Sunday/Monday.   My Favorite Picture of Ghost Ranch Landscape taken from near the top of Kitchen Mesa Trail So, w ith our lodging accommodations finally worked out, David and I returned to Ghost Ranch Friday, Nov. 9 for our spiritual retreat... View of Ghost Ranch from Chimney Rock Trail After getting settled into our new digs "Casa del Arroyo," we ate lunch and met with our spiritual director for a couple of hours. Being in a "thin place" like Ghost Ranch where the veil between heaven and earth is virtually transparent, David and I both discovered new perspectives on the thresholds in our lives and ministries.  (More about that when I return...) Then, we headed back to the hiking trails for a bit before the sun
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Santa Fe

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WHAT BENNIE'S BEEN DOING: Week 11 (New Mexico) New Mexico, Part 1: Santa Fe One of the great surprises in the New Mexico portion of the sabbatical plan is that two of my new friends I met on the Iona pilgrimage live in Santa Fe! So, in addition to celebrating our second honeymoon in Santa Fe, David and I also met up with Nahum & Shelley for a vigorous afternoon hike... Iona Pilgrimage Friends Nahum & Shelley! So, after my visit with  House for All Sinners & Saints in Denver, I boarded a plane for Albuquerque on Monday, November 5,  to meet up with David, who was also flying in from Lexington.  Flying over the southern Rocky Mountains Due to weird flight schedules David, didn't arrive in Albuquerque until 9:00 pm, but we went ahead and drove to Santa Fe that night, finally arriving at our "second honeymoon" Airbnb around 11:30 pm. Casita Encantador, Santa Fe, NM Still some fall color in Santa Fe on Nov 7! We loved our little
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