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I have promised you photos of our new home in Glorieta
-- here they are, at last!
In June 2007, my mother, Betsy Hunt, and I moved to
New Mexico to assist our friend Patricia Jepsen. Patricia is
the founder of a spiritual school, the University of Melchizedek, and an online
school for children and youth, The Sanctuary School, both based in Glorieta.
We brought with us our extended family: a Great Dane mix and
four cats, otherwise known as Margarita, Alex, Jasper, Misty
and Sheba!
Glorieta, at an elevation of 7500 feet, is in the
foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains, 20 miles southeast
of Santa Fe. While Santa Fe and environs is mostly high mountain
desert, Glorieta is a forested terrain of Scrub Oak, Cedar, Pinon
and Ponderosa Pine, with a few Prickly Pear cactus thrown in!
The highs are in the 70's and 80's in the summer, in the 20's-40's
in the winter, and we get our fair share of snow, usually around
2-6 inches at a time. Last year they had 4 FEET of snow in one
fell swoop, but that is unusual. It is definitely a lot cooler
here than in Tucson!
Glorieta is also home to the Glorieta Conference Center, a nationally-renowned
conference and retreat center run by the Southern Baptist Church.
It's a beautiful complex, with hotel rooms, cafeterias and many
acres of scenic parks and hiking trails. The hotel rooms are
open to the public, and it is a wonderful place to come for rest,
relaxation and renewal of the spirit.
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