We drove around town yesterday (population 600!) looking for Massage Therapists, Thrift Stores, Grocery Stores and 'boutiques'...

I took this pic while Taylor was getting prices of massages. You can see the 'ski runs' way off in the distance. We are staying just at the base of the one on the left that goes to the highest mountain. The two 'runs' actually end at the same place.

Angel Fire will be / is 'poppin' this weekend as over 1,000 mountain bikers will be here for the 2011 Mountain Bike State Finals! We are excited to watch this event. Folks are camping out all over the place and big names companies are here (Shimano, Yeti, RPM, etc) with their sponsored riders and such. There will be downhill, cross country and slolem competitions. We are going to hike up into the woods to get an up close look of these races. The riders ride the ski lift to the top and their bikes are attached on the back of the lift. The race starts and down they come. We talked to a rider yesterday and he was fitted with all the latest gear (helmet, chest protector, shin guards, racing boots and long sleeve shirts and pants. Full suspension bikes in full effect. A restaurant owner told us that the mountain bikes will be ranging between a $6,000 - $12,000 price tag!!!

Once we got home and had our dinner, we walked to the bottom of the mountain to view the times of the public library (where we sit now). We saw tons of these little critters scurrying all over the place. I'm not sure if they are prairies dogs, marmots, marmols, moles or what, but they were really fun to watch! There are THREE in this picture, can you spot them?

Fin was getting a lil' chilly and so she wore mom's silly shirt...

Hangin' out last night...

Fin and her Liger enjoying life to the full...