Taos, New Mexico. This is our first stop in New Mexico. We have wanted to come and explore this area for a long time. Now I know why. We did a lot of touring and site-seeing while we were here. It is one of the places we will come back to some day.

Taos, New Mexico

Taos Valley RV Park. We planned on spending 3 days but enjoyed it so much we stayed for 5.

This is how Zoe and I watch TV.

I thought this polar bear quilt was worth a picture.

The following murals were in the old court house in Taos.

This is one of the old jail cells in the old courthouse.

Looking out

One of the sidewalks along the town square.

The alley off the town square.

Love this sculpture

We took a drive on the Enchanted Loop Road. Stopping at Eagle Nest Lake. Kay had to hike down to the lake to get the picture of the two deer.

Eagle Nest Lake

Rock and Flowers

A look at part of the Enchanted Loop Road. Clouds were very low, or we were quite high in altitude.

Was a good drive.

Rio Grande Gorge Bridge north of Taos, NM

Rio Grande Gorge

Big Horn Sheep along the edge of the gorge

Earthship Biotecture

Building with natural & recycled materials. Thermal/solar heating & cooling, water harvesting and solar and wind electricity.

Earthship Headquarters

Wind generator in a modern style

They are working on this house.

Was very interesting walking through the house.

San Francisco de Asis Church

Also known as "Ranchos Church," this sanctuary was built in the late 1700s and was made famous by Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams, among many other artists who became fascinated by its looming buttresses. The San Francisco de Asis Church is still an integral part of its community. Surrounding the church are shops, galleries, trading posts, and restaurants - all housed in old adobe buildings as well.

Some of the Sculptures that surround the church.

These doors are on a building beside the church.

Some of the old structures that the weather has taken its toll on.

Just two miles north of the city of Taos, New Mexico, stands the centuries old Taos Pueblo, one of the longest continually inhabited communities in the United States. Archaeologists have found evidence that the Taos Valley has been inhabited as far back as 3,000 B.C. and prehistoric ruins dating from 900 A.D. can be seen throughout the area. However, the Taos Pueblo is thought to have been built between 1000 and 1450 A.D. and appears today much like it did a millennium ago, linking today’s Native Americans with those early inhabitants of years ago.

San Geronimo Chapel was built in 1850. while this makes it one of the younger adobe style churches in northern New Mexico, it's never the less one of the more beautiful ones.

The color of the Virgin Mary's clothing changes with each season. Standing beside her, is a Indian Saint dressed in white buckskins.

One of the windows of the church

This young man gave us a tour of the Taos Pueblo.

The cemetery is where the original San Geronimo Church once stood. Built around the 1619 by the Spanish priests with Indian labor, the people of Taos Pueblo were forced into Catholicism and slavery in order to become civilized. This is what eventually led to the Pueblo revolt of 1680. This picture is what is left of the church that was rebuilt in 1706.