Blogs from Taos, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 5

Note: sorry about the delay in posts....the Travel Blog web site has been down and their photo up loader isn't working at this time. Hope you are doing well this evening. Can you believe that its already Thursday....wow....does time fly when you are serving you're community. We need to catch you up on a few days of fun and adventure in New Mexico! So.....if you recall the last time we blogged Team Taos was getting ready to hit the road on a "free day". Our team leader Linda had the day jammed packed with interesting sites to visit, shopping, and our favorite....the local cuisine! Mmmm, mmmmm, GOOD! Wednesday was a blast. Our first stop was at the Taos Pueblo. Taos Pueblo is the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ... read more

In two days, Team Taos will take to the skies and begin the journey of a lifetime! After all our meetings and months of waiting we are ready to dig in our heels, roll up our sleeves, and begin our week of service through Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity. We are looking forward to learning more about Taos, its wonderful people, and local culture. For many of us, this is our first week long Habitat trip and our anticipation has been "building" for weeks! Keep watching for updates! And to my teammates - can't wait to finally be with you all in person. Just think, no more video or teleconferences! Wahoo! :) ... read more

August 28 – Sunday This morning I drove up I-25 and turned West just north of Bernalillo onto Hwy 550. I took that Northwest to San Yisidro where I went North on Hwy 4. I went through some really beautiful country most notable for the red rocks it has. The rocks are red and the red sand gives all the water and streams here an ink like color. Strange. I stopped at a place called Soda Dam where mineral deposits had formed a dam across the river. After that I went up to the parking lot for the Spence Hot Springs. It required a mile hike and the parking lot was full so I decided that I would wait and go tomorrow (Monday) when the kids were in school and their parents were working. So I ... read more

It smells like Christmas this morning! I can smell the pinons and the ponderosa pines in the wind. Robin had a cord of firewood delivered yesterday and I have been outside stacking it. I love stacking firewood – it is like putting together a puzzle. The pieces have to lock in place in just the right way or the stack will fall over on you! The process takes on a meditative quality after a while and you get into a flow. The aroma of the pine wood, the sound of the wood grains locking against each other as you stack and the physical energy it takes all put me in a trance-like state. The mind slows and the body finds a rhythm. At some point I noticed that the pieces of firewood seem to find their ... read more

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY SARAH!!! I love you! Last blog I had just arrived in Logansport. Whew!!! What a relief it was to step out of that bus. On the drive up from Ville Platte I had to stop 3 times! No, not potty breaks. :) It was mentally and physically exhausting trying to keep that RV between the lines. Basically, I was stopping every hour to take a break. I had plenty of spiritual protection on that drive. After lunch, Dad, Daniel and I were out looking at the RV and they pointed out that one of the inner rear tires had blown out. Dad said, "No, wonder it was so hard to drive!" Yes, I had driven probably the last hour on a blow out and didn't realize it. The tire was just rolling ... read more