New Mexico

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Mmmm, aliens.
Alien Tshirts, alien blow-up dolls... what did this...
My new best friend.
I wish I could have taken these guys home.
Or this guy, who stood outside the UFO Museum (and...
Jay at Blue Hole, an 81-ft deep, 60-ft wide natural...
It was very pretty there.
The buoys were in place for something SCUBA-related. My...
It was very, very clear water
The outlet (to the right of the stairs) dumps water out...
Up on top of the rock ledge at Blue Hole
Jumping off the rock ledge at Blue Hole
"Brr, brr, brr, brr" While underwater, I had to fight...
One jump was enough for Jay, but not for me.
Swimmin'.
They claim the underwater visibility is 80 ft.
The nice gentleman who took our picture as we jumped. ...
The path up to the top of Blue Hole
This probably should have been the first picture, not...
Jay on the diving platform-like thing they had built. ...
Pretty
New Mexico countryside
Sunset from the square in Santa Fe, NM
More sunset
Jay in front of what may be the state capitol building,...
A mission in Santa Fe silhouetted by the sunset
The sunset over the hills as we left town, Colorado-bound!
New Mexico Airlines. Looks trustworthy enough. I think...
After Joel and Turtle picked me up in Albuquerque, we ate lunch.
Looking off the road from Cloudcroft, NM towards White Sands.
If you look closely, you should find a rock climber who...
Jay and I got out at White Sands National Monument...
Looking east towards the Rockies, now behind us in our trek.
Jay walks up the path in the park.
The light was very pretty; not sure my camera caught it well.
The vegetation was kind of desert-like, but with a less...
Jay and Catherine, looking into the distance.
These pictures were taken by a nice lady wandering her...
Waves in the sand.
I guess the scenery starts to get repetitive in...
I found the tracks of a bizarre creature! We finally...
Looking away from the dunes into the ... inter-dunal...
Off in the distance, a storm was brewing. Fortunately,...
Hopefully these pictures aren't just getting boring.
Desert plant.
Jay with a big block of sandstone.
A big tree. We were hoping to see more wildlife (an owl...
The same tree.
A sign informed us that trees grow from the real ground,...
Sands, plants, mountains...
I guess Marty really should have been wearing a...
This Continental Divide place seemed similar to South of...
I was amazed by the number of guys on heavily loaded...
Goodbye New Mexico!
The chapel in Chimayo NM , about 30 miles north of Santa...
Outdoor seating at Chimayo. The crystal blue high...
Stream rushing along the chapel site. Folks from Tucson...
So I took two. This one shows the "stations of the...
We were visiting Bill and Loomis who had rented a place...
Well, just a little further north is the town of Taos...
A statue of Padre Martinez (1793-1867) in the Taos...
A more bucolic view of the Town Plaza of Taos.
,,, and then there is the commercial side.
.. and I believe this is looking south.
A map of Taos displayed in the Plaza.
While checking out Earthship (below) spotted the...
This is a 300+ acre just west of Taos which seeks to...
The walls are beer bottle / wine bottles / tires set...
Tires are a favorite building substance. The aesthetic...
Lots of glass bottle walls. Some building materials in...
Strange looking
Wonder if the window panes were 'found'? Assume so
Under construction, I would assume
Waiting for some glass to appear?
Not to my taste
Ah ... someone's cheating with a generator behind the bushes
... and a propane tank?
Have to leave it to dad to explain why he took this
One of the more extravagant
Near the entrance to Earthship
Perhaps a better view
The "Mormon Room" at the San Geronimo Inn in Taos. ...
Have caught the attention of the revelers
St Francis Asis church is Taos, frequently photographed...
More classis view
The painted redodo in the apse
Statue in the courtyard of the Museum of Indian Art and...
Statue of a visitor to the above ... once a Marine,...
Also at the Museum
Just our new BF's watching the solar eclipse from the...
Really needed special classes to see anything
Hope they weren't looking into the sun
Well, maybe all of us were.
Better picture?
Finally figured how to use the page with the hold poked in it
A side chapel in the Cathedral in Santa Fe
,,, dedicated to our Lady of Peace ... which seems like...
Beautiful architecture in the Cathedral
Another redodo of saints
Very interesting baptismal font. Practically a spa
Brass doors were added in 19??
Flowers outside our hotel, the Inn at Loretto
That same marine
The oldest church in the US
... as you can read here.
Another redodo painted on wood
Church ceiling very similar to the one at the Taos...
The San Jose bell at San Miguel which I got to 'gong'...
That is 1356 ... probably the oldest 'thing' I've ever...
A bear who sat on our bed ... no sign that said we could...
A view from our patio at the Inn. It's build to...
View down into the courtyard where the lovely valet...
A feel for the structure of the Inn. It was charming...
The cathedral at sunset ... a gimcracky storm came in that night
The Church of Loretto, with the Inn behind it.
Another view of the Inn
Our last dinner has been eaten (and all the glasses etc...
Joan and our bear at the 'polish off the wine bottles'...