We started the day with a breakfast in a hippie (or maybe artist?) coffee shop in Taos, followed by a quick look at Kit Carson’s home and the San Francisco de Asis church made famous in Georgia O’Keeffe paintings. Speaking of Georgia, she was our first major disappointment on the trip as her museum in Santa Fe was closed for remodeling without any advance notice that we saw.
The drive to Santa Fe was about an hour and a half going through typical New Mexico scenery – flat, covered with scrub brush, many small mesas and the Sangre de Cristo mountains as a background. All in all it was a very scenic drive. After the Georgia no-show, we went into the center of Santa Fe to see the cathedral (see photo) and their town plaza. Santa Fe is small with only 75,000 people and old, being founded in 1606. The buildings all seem to be designed in Pueblo style, as is our Hilton hotel. The Hilton is a little outside of town but has a casino and we have a suite that is very spacious.
We are getting used to altitude now, so the 3 day estimate was accurate. The hotel in Taos Ski Valley was at 9,500 feet and Santa Fe is above 7,000 feet.
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