Setanta wrote:On Walter's map, on the lower right side, you can see "Tesuque Pueblo"--i briefly lived near there more than twenty years ago.
So it really was you, you made this stuff shown in the National Pueblo Museum
Yeah, an' i didn't get paid, neither . . .
Setanta wrote:Yeah, an' i didn't get paid, neither . . .
And I only noticed that photographing was forbidden after I left the msueum :wink:
Speaking about pueblos ...
See the word "Casino?" Them boys and girls are gettin' it back from the pale face . . .
Setanta wrote:See the word "Casino?" Them boys and girls are gettin' it back from the pale face . . .
I got my stake 14 times back - but more about that later
I was always amazed how fast the landscape, the soil, the form of the mountains etc changed nearly completely within a couple of miles (or later in the mountains even faster):
approaching Santa Fe (exits/junction)
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! look out!!!! they're all drivin on the wrong side of the road.
The volcanoes there have not been active in quite a long time. Just south of Los Alamos is a park at Valles, which is a huge sort of prairie in the caldera of an extinct volcano. It is not far from Ojo Caliente (roughly, "hot springs" in Spanish). It is a part of the Bandelier National Forest, and the mountains there rise to 10,000 feet. I've seen snow in the shade of pine trees there in June. When the top was blown off the mountain about 130,000 years ago, it threw rocks as far away as what is now Kanasas. That was one hell of an eruption. I think it is correct to say that the volcanoes of the Jemez mountains are all now extinct.
Im so corny..
i got a small tear in my eye looking at pictures of NM..
>sigh<
as you were..
Heading north towards Taos ...
... ehem, after this p-break, I mean ...
dadpad wrote:
Are you lost walter............. you seem to be going round in a circle.
It looks more like a square to me! LOL
Another bend ...
and we reach ...
... San Francisco de Asis in the village of Ranchos de Taos (just south of Taos).
Allow me to make a truly insightful comment:
Chicago is remarkable for its architecture but New Mexico is remarkable for its natural scenery.
Built in 18th century, this Spanish Misson-style church was re-built in early 19th century and is a big attraction especially during the summer season as I'm been told.
It's according to dys, one of the most often phtographed churches in NM, so I didn't want to stand behind others :wink:
You notice that the church isn't alone there but there a couple of adobe buildings are to found around the church, some restaurated, others not.
I will post them later, we have another look at the church at first
I didn't realize you were so pious, Walter.
I know Walter is more pious than I, but we just love to take pictures of churches/cathedrals, because of their intersting architecture. It's amazing to see the people of most cultures spending gazillions of dollars on churches no matter how poor the population, and the efffort put into making them grandeur makes them the attraction that they are.
