Travel, treats (a.k.a. giveaway) and thanks

First off, Happy Thanksgiving to my many American friends! We celebrate Thanksgiving in October in Canada and I was lucky enough to spend it with several of my family members.  Wherever you are, I hope you are spending it with the people you love. {Note: this is going to be a long post, be sure to read all the way to the bottom, it will be worth it... there *might* be a giveaway at the end!}.

I recently spent almost two weeks in New Mexico with my hubby (who was on a work trip).  Thought I would share some of highlights through some photos I took (warning: photo overload ahead).  For the full group of photos, check out this flickr set.

We started in Albuquerque which has a fabulous little Old Town.  Love the colours and design.

It is on historic Route 66 and there are some fabulous signs, both neon and traditional.

All along the way, we ate amazing spicy food (green and red chiles - YUM!), drank locally made wine and sampled several of the local microbreweries.  Hitting local microbreweries is something we try to do everywhere we travel.  Sometimes it's not a successful venture... this time it was...

We had a weekend to drive around a bit so we stopped at the Carlsbad Caverns (AMAZING!)...

...a quick stop in Roswell, because we are science geeks...

...the Valley of Fires (amazing lava flow - 3 km wide and 32 km long)...

...the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge...

...the Very Large Array, centre of radio astronomy (because we are very large geeks)...

...the Rio Grande Gorge... we stood on the bridge near Taos, 200 metres above the river... wow...

Settled down again in Santa Fe, centre of art, food (including home-made guacamole - YUM!!!) and colour...

I'm working on doing a page for my blog that has travel recommendations (food, drinks, hotels, crafty shops, tourist stops).  I'll let you know when it's up.

Now on to the exciting part of this post.  I've reached 100 followers so I think it's time for a GIVEAWAY!  Now, I'm still gathering things together for this so the final box will have even more than is in the photo!  The only thing you have to do is leave a comment here on this post and tell me what you are thankful for.  If you are not a follower, I would love for you to become one (see the right side bar) but it's not a requirement to win. I will pick a random winner next Friday, December 2nd, Saturday, December 3rd.  A big thank you to all of my followers and all of those who leave sweet comments.

Have a great day.  Thanks for stopping by.

Glenda