We visited Taos Pueblo, one of the oldest continually inhabited communities in the country. It's over 1,000 years old and is a National Historic Landmark. The eathen form of its architecture is thought to be the inspiration for what is now known as adobe or southwestern architecture.
There are numerous storefronts where residents sell their handcrafted jewelry and artwork. One of the storekeepers/artisans posted money from around the world, which he received from customers:
This is the Rio Grande Gorge, cut out by giant glaciers, millions of years ago. Unfortunately, it was a very windy day, so there is a lot of background noise on the video below.
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We came upon a neighborhood of sub-terranium homes, which you may have seen on a TV show called "Extreme Homes". What seem to be piles of junk, are actually the underground homes which have grass for roofs. All have some form of solar heat, and many used recycled materials, like rubber tires and bottles for walls.
There was a Pow-Wow and a bike rally in Taos this weekend, and here is a "trike", a 3-wheeled motorcycle - it has a V-8 car engine in it! Boys and their toys.......
Drove down to Santa Fe and visited some of the galleries with museum quality artwork on Canyon Road, as well as the Downtown Plaza. Passed the 3000 mile mark for this trip.
Met friends Adrien and Karen for lunch in Old Town Albuquerque.
Visited with Marlene and Dave and had a wonderful home cooked meal.
The hummingbirds kept us company.
Pulled open the windshield curtains in the morning, and a cow was looking at me! Luckily we were not down wind of the cow pasture!
Passed the Continental Divide again, as we did when at Mt. Cottonwood in Colorado.
It was a beautiful drive through western New Mexico.
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