Sunday, September 20, 2020
Matt and I drove east to Hatch, New Mexico on Friday. It was the first time we have gone on a long trip since Covid 19 started.
Hatch is known for its chili peppers. We drove through Hatch and went to look at the Rio Grande, which was flowing with muddy-colored water. We saw one field with colorful peppers.
Pepper field.
Back in Hatch we stopped at the Pepper Pot restaurant.
Matt on a John Deere.
We sat down outside and ate at the restaurant, the first sit-down meal since March 7th. I had the grilled cheese with green chilis and onion rings.
Matt and Homer.
Down the street were a lot of fun statues.
Green and Red Chilis.
We stopped at Grijalva's Farm so that Matt could buy green Hatch chilis. I bought a red chili ristra for the Presidio Museum.
Grijalva's.
Chili roasting area.
Burlap bags of green chilis.
Roaster.
The truck smelled nice all the way home. Today Matt made me some Hatch chili cornbread. It was delicious.
