Taos New Mexico
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The Taos Art Museum and home of Nicolai Fechin (Fechin House); view of apple tree from upstairs bedroom.
The Taos Art Museum and home of Nicolai Fechin (Fechin House); interior.
Per: http://www.taosartmuseum.org/about.html
"Working in his father's workshop as a youth provided training for Nicolai as a carver. He absorbed a variety of influences from his Russian heritage and also from his encounters with Native American and Hispanic cultures. Armed with mallet and chisel, he began carving columns, stair rails, vigas, doors, and furniture."
Pears in a row; photo by Rita. There are quite a few fruit trees in the public spaces of Taos, New Mexico, mostly apples, but also these pears found next to the parking lot of the Fechin House Art Museum.
Old pickup truck, Taos, New Mexico. Our walking route from the Burch Street Casitas to the Taos Plaza took us past a side street where this old truck was parked. I believe it is an International Harvester from the late 1920s or early 1930s.
El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico. (photo by Rita)
Per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Santuario_de_Chimayo
Bernardo Abeyta built a small chapel on the present site around 1810. By 1816 the chapel was replaced by the present church. Pointed caps on the towers and a metal pitched roof (blocking the clerestory) were added ... probably in the 1920s. The "elegant" doors were carved by the 19th-century carpenter Pedro Domínguez.
It receives almost 300,000 visitors per year ... some 30,000 people from all over the world make pilgrimages to the Santuario de Chimayó during Holy Week. Walking is traditional; some pilgrims walk from as far away as Albuquerque, about 90 miles (150 km). Many visitors to the church take a small amount of the "holy dirt", often in hopes of a miraculous cure for themselves or someone who could not make the trip. Formerly, at least, they often ate the dirt. (Likewise pilgrims to the original shrine of Esquipulas eat the supposedly curative clay found there.) Now seekers of cures more commonly rub themselves with the dirt or simply keep it. The Church replaces the dirt in the pocito from the nearby hillsides, sometimes more than once a day, for a total of about 25 or 30 tons a year.
El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico.
Statue with offerings. El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico.
Our Lady of Lavang Vietnam in the courtyard of El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico.
San Jose de Gracia Church, also known as Church of Santo Tomas Del Rio de Las Trampas, is a church built between 1760 and 1776; Las Trampas, New Mexico.
Gary on the trail to Williams Lake, at the base of Wheeler's Peak. Trailhead is near the Bavarian Lodge in the Taos Ski Valley. The trail is not quite 2 miles, one way, starting at 10,200 ft. and climbing to about 11,140 ft. The young and fit can climb on up to the top of Wheeler's Peak at 13,161.
Rita on the trail to Williams Lake, Taos Ski Valley.
Fallen log; Williams Lake Trail, near Wheeler's Peak, New Mexico. Trailhead is near the Bavarian Lodge in the Taos Ski Valley.
Rita on the trail to Williams Lake, near the Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico.
Gray jay; Williams Lake Trail, near the Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico.
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Gary resting after the climb to Williams Lake, New Mexico. photo by Rita.
Panorama of Wheeler's Peak (left) at 11,140 ft, and William's Lake. Photo by Rita.
Rita, reading by William's Lake, New Mexico.
MINI Cooper on the road to the John Dunn Bridge over the Rio Grande River, northwest of Taos, New Mexico.
Rita on the John Dunn Bridge over the Rio Grande, which is about 15 miles northwest of Taos, New Mexico.
The Rio Grande River, near the John Dunn Bridge, New Mexico.
Rita on the banks of the Rio Grande River, near the John Dunn Bridge, New Mexico.
Yellow primrose, probably of the "evening" family. Seen here on the banks of the Rio Grande River, near the John Dunn Bridge, New Mexico.
Rita looking over the canyon of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico.
Picnic under the cottonwood trees, Carson National Forest, New Mexico SR 133.
New Mexico landscape with aspens. Highway 64, Carson National Forest.
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Pine Knot cabin, Corkins Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. Our home for 3 days. The cabin is located on 1600 acres of National Park grade landscape - but inside, the cabin is dark and nothing special.
Pine Knot cabin (foreground), Corkins Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. The Brazos Cliffs rise 2500 ft above the Rio Brazos.
Cabins and heated pool at Corkin's Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. In the background, the Brazos Cliffs. The pool is heated with a wood fired boiler, so there is always the aroma of woodsmoke on the property.
Ponderosa pine reflected in the fish pond at Corkin's Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
The Brazos Cliffs as seen from Corkin's Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
Gary at the Rio Brazos, near Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. Photo by Rita.
Mullen and log. On the trail at Corkin's Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
Rocks in the Rio Brazos; trail at Corkin's Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico
Young mule deer. Corkin's Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico
Ponderosa pines. Corkin's Lodge, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
Aspen trees, highway 64 betweeen Tierra Amarilla and Taos, New Mexico.
Notice anything funny about the tall tree? It's a cell phone tower. Near Tres Piedras, New Mexico.
A couple of Earthship Biotecture houses near Taos, New Mexico.
According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship
"Earthships are intended to be "off-the-grid ready" homes, with minimal reliance on both public utilities and fossil fuels. Earthships are constructed to use available natural resources, especially energy from the sun."
One of the houses in the Earthship Biotecture complex near Taos, New Mexico.
According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship
"Earthships are intended to be "off-the-grid ready" homes, with minimal reliance on both public utilities and fossil fuels. Earthships are constructed to use available natural resources, especially energy from the sun."
Taos Trip - the Movie
Click the window above to see an 11-minute video slideshow of a trip from SW Missouri to Taos, NM. It includes all the other slides, and more - in HD video - plus music, but no captions. When you are done with the video, look for an "X" in the upper right corner to exit.