Sounds like you had a really nice trip. I've always enjoyed New Mexico and Colorado. Growing up in Texas, right between the flat farmland and hill country, I was fortunate to have parents that liked the mountains. We always took a few weeks every summer to travel somewhere northwest of here. I spent many summer vacations in the Aspen area, hiking, four-wheeling, flyfishing on the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan, cycling and otherwise just screwing around back in the 70s and 80s, before it became a touristy, high dollar mecca. Although I've spent plenty of time in Wyoming, Montana, Alberta, B.C., and every state west of the Rockies, I'm always blown away standing on a mountaintop in Colorado. It doesn't matter if it's mid-winter and I just got of the lift or August and I'm in shorts and hiking boots, I seem to feel at peace when viewing tall peaks as far as the eye can see. For the last few years, work has kept me from taking enough time off to do more than spend a few days in New Mexico. I look forward to being in the mountains again, soon.