The Taos Pueblo "the Place of the Red Willows" is considered the oldest continuously inhabited community in the USA, dating from the early 1700's. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. There are communal adobe houses on either side of a large central square. More than 150 people live here now with no electricity or water, just as their ancestors did.
San Geronimo Church, built in 1850.
We were given a tour by a by a Native American guide, a member of the Pueblo.
Dan and Debbie strolling around the grounds.
San Francisco de Asis built 1710, in Rancho de Taos, is a adobe mission church often painted by Georgia O'Keeffe.
Bill wonders where to start this typical Mexican meal.
A Processional Altar by Jose Lopez, at the wonderful Millicent Rogers Museum. Millicent Rogers was a wealthy patron of the arts who loved the area.
The museum is filled with pottery, jewellery, baskets, textiles and has one of the best collections of Native American and Spanish-colonial art in the USA.
The dramatic Rio Grande Gorge Bridge one of the highest bridges in USA.
Looking down into the Rio Grande gorge.
Next day we headed north to Durango in Colorado, passing these tepees on the way out of town.
These are not "you are here" markers, they are bullet holes! We were a bit nervous as we took a short walk!
Flowering cactus on the trail.
A Mesa outside the small town of Abiquiu. These would would have influenced Georgia O'Keeffe, because this is where she lived.
Another beautiful rock along the way.
Almost out of New Mexico. The drive was wonderful.
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