Today it was a 5 hour drive down to Taos, NM, from Colorado Springs. It was the first time either one of us has been in New Mexico. On the way, we stopped at Philmont Ranch, which is owned by the Boy Scouts. Bill went there when he was in the Scouts about 20 years ago. In Taos, we toured the Taos Pueblo, which is the adobe Indian village pictured here. It is more than 1000 years old, which is amazing to think about. After that we toured the Hacienda de los Martinez, which is the main house of a ranch built in the time that Spain ruled this part of the United States.
Taos is a tourist town with many art galleries but it also has a few famous residents and we tried to meet one of them by dining at The Old Blinking Light restaurant tonight. It is basically a local’s bar/restaurant, but it is supposed to be a favorite of Julia Roberts. No luck tonight, but we asked and they said she was just in last week. Our consolation, however, was a fabulous meal of Chili Rellenos coated with Panko breadcrumbs and a bowl of Green Chili Chicken Stew. Everything was so good we didn’t even miss Julia.
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