Un Poco Mas de Santa Fe y Taos

We spent a couple of more good days in Santa Fe, and on the last day, made a visit to Taos. I do love a walk up the arroyo with Anna, but my favorite walks in Santa Fe take me to town. We were pleased to be in Santa Fe for Anders' birthday and I made a couple of pies for his celebration. In town, we returned to the Rainbow Man shop between Cathedral Park and the Plaza on East Palace Avenue to buy two Pendleton Blankets for our collection: a belated anniversary present. After our visit to Taos, we stopped at Ranchos de Taos to see San Francisco de Asis, the famous adobe church. We had lunch at Ranchos Plaza Grill, an excellent, quaint New Mexican restaurant on the plaza at Ranchos.

 Dinner with boys at Tacos Fundacion on Guadalupe Street 

while the parents were in Wyoming

Mediocre sushi for Anders birtday

 Birthday presents for Anders

 Lemon and chocolate pies for the fifteen-year-old

 Cactus blossoms on my morning walk

 Morning walk to town

 Vendors at the Loretto Chapel on my morning walk

 Hollyhocks on Canyon Road on another morning walk

 Grammy and Clara sewing up a storm

 San Geronimo Church within the Taos Pueblo

 North House

 Adobe and turquoise

 Clara, Lucy, Grammy, and North House

 Our very fine tour guide with the original San Geronimo 

ruins in the rear

 Red Willow Creek is the lifeline of the pueblo

 North House from the creek bank

Precious water from the glacial Blue Lake high in the Taos Pueblo

Wilderness Area, was returned to the tribe by Richard Nixon in 1970

 Appreciative tourists

 The San Geronimo gate

 San Francisco de Asis in Ranchos de Taos

 The sturdy adobe structure has been a favorite subjects for 

artists over the years

 Ranchos Plaza Grill is charming and....

 The food was excellent

 Two beautiful additions to our Pendleton blanket collection

Adios Santa Fe; hasta luego

We had a most enjoyable visit, and then we were off to Arizona for a Boynton family reunion. So there is more, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.