Blogs from Taos, New Mexico, United States, North America - page 7

Bon, la chronologie n'est pas très respectée, je ne sais pas comment rétablir l'ordre des articles, j'espère que vous vous y retrouvez. Après notre deuxième nuit dans le RV Park de Taos (pas un enfant, que des retraités), nous visitons Taos Pueblo, à quelques miles de Taos, c'est le plus ancien lieu peuplé en continu des Etats-Unis. Une cinquantaine d'habitants y habitent encore (sans eau courante ni electricité), et beaucoup plus dans les alentours sous juridiction indienne. Nous ne prenons pas l'appareil photo (qui refonctionne, il suffisait de mettre des piles chargées), car nous croyons savoir qu'il est interdit de prendre des photos. En fait, à la caisse, il suffit de payer $5 par camera (interdit cependant de photographier les gens et l'intérieur de l'église). Tout le monde est enchanté de la visite. Les constructions en ... read more

Hello: aujourd'hui, nous sommes à Taos, au Nouveau Mexique. Nous avons visités the Kit Carson's house où nous avons discuté avec un charmant vannier qui parlait le franglais. Ce monsieur nous a amené des déguisements pour faire des photos, c'était sympa. Félix... read more

After we stayed Thursday night in Santa Rosa, we started after a nice breakfast in the nice motel and headed north. Already after a couple of miles we fell in love with New Mexico. The scenery... so much different than anything we know from Germany or South Carolina. A decision was make quickly that we want to spend more time here. OK, so exit the interstate I-25 (which we were heading north) and into the mountains. First stop in Las Vegas, NM. Get your picture of the "real" Las Vegas out of your head, the Las Vegas in NM is so much like a small town in Mexico, no tourists, but cute downtown area, a park, some small stores. We strolled around a little bit, and had a coffee in a small cafe, which is owned ... read more

Taos is an eating extravaganza, and our plans were no different. We had limited time and lots to do. 1st eating sopapillas at Michaels along with Huevos Rancheros and a fresh green chili sauce, then a walk around the plaza to look for either a coyote or kokopelli sculpture for the backyard like we saw about 20 years ago. Wonder why we couldn’t find it or the store carrying the plate that we wanted to buy more of? After walking off breakfast the sky was so beautiful we had to go down to St. Frances of Assisi’s and shoot some photos. I still haven’t done anything with my China photos so had to delete some photos from the camera card on the spot and make room for more photos. I’d forgotten to pack my poor old ... read more

Colorado to New Mexico Great Sand Dunes National Park June 11 to June 16 Our second day on the dunes we were lucky, as locals said the wind had been unseasonably strong (evidently it blows a lot in the spring, but usually not so much in the summer); it calmed down substantially and we had a pleasant stroll through the water of Mather creek over to the sand dunes, put our shoes back on (to protect against hot sand), and began our climb up. Climbing a mountain of sand is tricky when it is steep. We walked across some ridges, but at a certain point we were going to be faced with a steep slope of loose sand no matter where we headed. You scramble up as fast as you can, because you are losing ground ... read more