Sunday, 8 March 2020

Santa Fe, Taos, Angel Fire, Roswell, New Mexico - 3/1 - 3/6/2020


 Driving to Sante Fe, New Mexico

Road leading to the Plaza. Be sure to take a ride/walk to Canyon Road - full of all kinds of art galleries and numerous sculptures outside of the shops

Sante Fe Plaza with monument to fallen heroes

We visited the Georgia O’Keefe Museum - a must see!  

Cathedral Basilica of  St. Francis of Assisi

 Chapel best known for its’ spiral staircase


San Miguel Church - Oldest church structure in the U.S.  Original adobe walls and altar were built by the Tlaxacan Indians of Mexico in the 1600’s

Altar at San Miguel

 A converted bowling alley that has all kinds of crazy rooms with walkways going from the refrigerator and a slide down the washing machine which you have to crawl into.   Too bad I’m too old to do all that stuff!
Sensory overload!





This is a must see!

 Breathtaking gorge!



Driving from the gorge into Taos




Street in the historic area of Taos.  So many art galleries!  Take a ride to the Enchanted Mountain Drive
Driving the Enchanted Mountain Drive to Angel Fire for lunch - we see lots of snow.  A beautiful ride!

 View of the ski slopes from where we had lunch

Next stop, Roswell, New Mexico - International UFO Museum 

Maddy loved all the UFO themed sites!

 Driving thru Dallas to the airport - the end of a very nice trip!  We were very pleased that there were no crowds at all the sites we visited!







Saturday, 29 February 2020

White Sands National Park & Albuquerque - Saturday, 2/29/20

Amazing Park!  

 Road driving into the park is 8 miles long where you can stop in various locations

 Nice walkway should you not want to hike on the gypsum sand

 Constantly evolving scenery because of the weather

 Dunes are not as high as ours in Michigan, but so beautiful they look like snow

 Area where you can enjoy a picnic lunch

Or sliding down the dunes in saucers!

 The park is 245 square miles with lots of hiking trails


Beautiful San Andres Mountains on the drive from White Sands to Albuquerque

 Historic District in Albuquerque

 Full of shops and restaurants 



Presidio & El Paso - Thursday & Friday, 2/27 &2/28


 Drive from Lajitas to Presido is a must!

 Beautiful road with gorgeous scenery









We visited Fort Bliss in El Paso. Maddy’s grandfather served in the army here around 1910.
Fort Bliss is a city within the city of El Paso - has theaters, post office, schools, hotels, housing, museum, churches...... I’ve never seen such a complex.

Lots of old war vehicles in the museum.  This was an actual German cycle used in WWII