New Mexico
We're now back from New York and back in New England. Hard to believe, but we are flying from Boston to London in less than 2 days!!! Our permanent summer is almost over. We somehow managed to be in the southern hemisphere almost perfectly for the 6 months of southern summer and autumn and then return to the northern hemisphere for northern summer. Now that Labor Day (the unofficial end to summer in the US) is over, it's time to start getting back to reality ... almost. A couple of days of freedom left to post some more blog entries.
It's been a while since we were in New Mexico in late July, but we have some beautiful pictures to post. We first visited Taos, which is a ski resort town in the northern part of the state. The modern town is missable (strip-mall city!), but it does feature historic Taos Pueblo, home to some local Native Americans. We couldn't take pictures in the pueblo. The pueblo is somewhat interesting but at the end of the day, it was basically us paying 10 bucks each to go shop at some Native American stores and not take pictures. Some of the craftsmanship was pretty good, so we did buy a few things there.
Outside of Taos, there is a beautiful gorge which is crossed by a nice looking steel bridge. You can park your car and walk across the bridge, which isn't recommended for those with a fear of heights.
For some reason, a lot of my pictures on the day had some weird exposure to them. So here's a picture of Karen in front of a psychedelic ice cream bus.
Karen on the bridge overlooking the gorge.
The gorge:
This following picture was not staged at all. This is simply a picture of teenagers up to no good, dropping things off the bridge. Young people these days!!!
And who knew that there were beauty contests for bridges too? This one was "most beautiful steel bridge" for 1966. Its parents must be so proud.
A view of the bridge from the side. Note the rain clouds rolling in on the right.
Bridge and rain clouds:
Seeing the rain clouds approach from across the plain was a very cool sight indeed.
Karen and I thought this bridge would be perfect for bungee jumping.
It's been a while since we were in New Mexico in late July, but we have some beautiful pictures to post. We first visited Taos, which is a ski resort town in the northern part of the state. The modern town is missable (strip-mall city!), but it does feature historic Taos Pueblo, home to some local Native Americans. We couldn't take pictures in the pueblo. The pueblo is somewhat interesting but at the end of the day, it was basically us paying 10 bucks each to go shop at some Native American stores and not take pictures. Some of the craftsmanship was pretty good, so we did buy a few things there.
Outside of Taos, there is a beautiful gorge which is crossed by a nice looking steel bridge. You can park your car and walk across the bridge, which isn't recommended for those with a fear of heights.
For some reason, a lot of my pictures on the day had some weird exposure to them. So here's a picture of Karen in front of a psychedelic ice cream bus.
Karen on the bridge overlooking the gorge.
The gorge:
This following picture was not staged at all. This is simply a picture of teenagers up to no good, dropping things off the bridge. Young people these days!!!
And who knew that there were beauty contests for bridges too? This one was "most beautiful steel bridge" for 1966. Its parents must be so proud.
A view of the bridge from the side. Note the rain clouds rolling in on the right.
Bridge and rain clouds:
Seeing the rain clouds approach from across the plain was a very cool sight indeed.
Karen and I thought this bridge would be perfect for bungee jumping.
posted by Kevin at 9/04/2007 04:41:00 AM
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