Our next stop was Ojo Caliente, NM which is a tiny town between Santa Fe and Taos. Ojo Caliente Resort is located there and has hot springs and pools. Betsy and I were not interested in the springs and pools but we decided to stay in their campground just for the convient location to both Santa Fe and Taos. We visited Santa Fe first and found it to be pretty much like it was when we visited several years ago. We did have a little scare while there. We used the St. Francis hotel patio to get our bearings and then headed off to see the sights. We stopped at a gallery about three blocks from the hotel and Betsy realized that she had left her purse on the patio. We rushed back and the purse was gone. However some dear soul had taken it to the hotel desk. Thank you, whoever you are. We looked in several stores, found the old plaza where the Indian blanket traders sell their jewelry, and enjoyed ourselves very much. The next day we reversed direction and headed north to Taos. Taos is smaller than Santa Fe but the old plaza is very similiar. It has galleries, tourist shops, cafe's. Betsy visited the Nicholi Fechin museum. As mentioned on the last post, antique stores will let Tipper come in, but museums won't. Tipper and I waited in the car. For some dumb reason I was having a sinus meltdown that day and didn't really feel well so we didn't do the pueblo. However we did return to Ojo Caliente a different route which took us over the Royal Gorge on US 64. The gorge is this steep canyon, created by water erosion, with the highway bridge over it. We stopped by the side of the road and started to walk to the middle of the bridge, but Betsy turned back when she felt the bridge move as traffic went over it. I made it to the middle, took a few pictures and retreated as fast as possible to terra firma.
Top Photo--Royal Gorge. That's the river way down there.
Middle--Camel Rock outside Santa Fe.
Bottom--Taos flower cart.
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