DAY 1 - ARRIVING
This is our RV Resort in Santa Fe for four days. Our elevation is about 7,200'.
The views are amazing!
There is a very nice walking trail around the entire park.
A very nice way to get some exercise.
And in the RV park - there is quite a collection of antique farm equipment
I thought this was a unique piece of art
DAY 2 - Trip to Chimayo and Santa Fe
I loved the fall colors!
Our destination in Chimayo
Some of traveling companions
Inside the church
This room is famous for the "Holy Dirt"
and I had a baggie ready for my handful...
especially when I saw all the crutches hanging on the wall!
Our destination for lunch
The food was amazing!
A nice cozy fireplace while we waited to be seated
Everywhere we went - we saw hanging peppers
And then on to downtown Santa Fe.
A very charming city!
First stop - Loetto Chapel
Loretto Chapel is best known for its "miraculous" spiral staircase, which rises 20 feet (6.1 m) to the choir loft while making two full turns, all without the support of a newel or central pole. The staircase is built mostly out of wood and is held together by wooden pegs and glue rather than nails or other hardware.
And a walk of down town Santa Fe proved to be an "art walk"!
The most beautiful bronze works
And again - peppers hanging everywhere
This is the type of architecture and building in the whole area!
Dinner in the Club House
Day 3 - a visit to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
A delightful hike to the slot canyon
We only went half way to the top.
The other three of our group headed to the top...but came back....
too much rock climbing!
Tom was amazing that these falling rocks were 'glued' to the mountain
On the way back to Santa Fe
Happy hour in our little home
DAY 4 - TO TAOS
We drove over 60 miles to Taos, New Mexico.
We have heard so much about it and didn't want to miss this adventure.
The drive alone was worth the trip - so beautiful with the fall colors!
Then on to Taos.
First stop - lunch!
This restaurant was recommended by the visitor center...
glad we listened - it was wonderful!
The Kit Carson Museum - very interesting!
Tom enjoyed this so much - he loves western history!
And he loved the fact that when Kit Carson was in his teens, he lived in Old Franklin, Missouri.
Where his mother was born and raised.
Downtown Taos has art and artists everywhere!
On the way to Pueblo
Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos-speaking (Tiwa) Native American tribe of Puebloan people. It lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico. The pueblos are considered to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States.[3] This has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Taos Pueblo's most prominent architectural feature is a multi-storied residential complex of reddish-brown adobe, built on either side of the Rio Pueblo. The Pueblo's website states it was probably built between 1000 and 1450.[
Our tour guide - A college student majoring in art - from here.
And then a drive out to the Rio Grande River Gorge Bridge
A local resident - he wasn't afraid of me at all
The view from the bridge.
The view on the ride back to Sana Fe
Look closely and you will see the Rio Grande
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