Taos, NM

View of Taos Square from a balcony

Sunday was a day trip to Taos. Before leaving Santa Fe, we had breakfast at the Tune-up Café. After breakfast, we headed north out of Santa Fe on route 285 to Española where we picked up route 68. Route 68 followed the Rio Grande River through the Rio Grande Gorge. It was good scenery. About 20 miles south of Taos, the road climbed out of the gorge and up onto a broad, high desert plateau. You could see forever.

We spent a couple hours wandering through Taos on foot to see what we could see. There were a lot of galleries, shops, restaurants, etc. I've got to admit, I didn't like their town square. Too cluttered. Plus, it didn't have the standard statue or fountain in the middle.

After a drink at a bar overlooking the square, we drove north out of town a couple miles to Taos Pueblo, a World Heritage site and the only living World Heritage site. Some of the Native American residents sold their arts and crafts to visitors.

As we were leaving Taos, we stopped for a late lunch at Five Star Burger.

Our 2nd choice, but a good one.

Steak, eggs and hash browns smothered in green chile

Pedestrian marketplace

Flowers made of metal

The gazebo on Taos Square

Standard pueblo design

World Heritage site

Actual pueblo architecture

View outside the church. No photography allowed inside

Beautiful stained glass

View from front doors of church

Pueblo amid the rolling hills

Zig-zagging through the site

This seemed to be the tallest of the structures

A creek, from which the residents got drinking water, intersected the site

Cemetery bell tower

Gate and tower and crosses

Ground level view

Cheeseburger with slice of crispy green pepper, fries and iced tea