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The Canyon de Chelly National Monument consists of 131 sq.
miles of well-preserved Anasazi ruins and spectacular sheer red cliffs
that rise up to 1000 feet. A trip to the monument offers visitors a chance to
learn about the people who lived there in ancient days as well as those who live
in the canyon today.
The Anasazi - "Ancient Ones" - lived in the canyon between 350 and 1300 AD and resided in communities nestled below the towering cliffs or perched on high ledges. Their homes were engineered using timbers and adobe-style bricks. The most impressive structures are large cliff dwellings, built between 1100 and 1300 in the Pueblo period.
 On the way to Canyon de Chelly |
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 On the South Rim Drive |
 Tsegi Overlook |
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 Top of White House Overlook |
 Spider Rock |
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 Face Rock |
 Sliding House Overlook |
 Spider Rock II - 800' High |
 View from the Rim |
 Natural cave homes |
 Site of Navaho White Conflict |
 Ruins of Ancient Village |
 Twy Kini - House Underneath |
 Canyon Valley - Dry Riverbed |
 In the distance |
 Shootin' Cliffs |
 Natural pools in Sandstone basins |
 Red rim at overlook |
 A long way to the bottom |
Santa Fe New Mexico
The city is well-known as a center for arts that reflect the multicultural character of the city and is generally considered to be the second largest art center in the United States after New York City. Over the decades the artists have captured on canvas and in other media the natural beauty of the landscape, the flora and the fauna. One of the most well-known New Mexico–based artists was Georgia O'Keeffe, who lived for a time in Santa Fe, but primarily in Abiquiu, a small village about 50 miles (80 km) away.
Canyon Road, east of the Plaza, has the highest concentration of art galleries in the city and is a major destination for international collectors, tourists and locals showcasing a wide array of contemporary, Southwestern, indigenous American, and experimental art, in addition to Russian, Taos Masters, and Native American pieces.
 Our Hotel |
 Hallway outside our room |
 Hotel indoor waterfall |
 In the lobby |
 Aliana Reflections |
 Santa Fe Plaza |
 Sculpture Garden |
 Street sculpture |
 Church main aisle |
 Interior art |
 Striking Stained Glass |
 Starving artists |
 Flowers everywhere |
 Bottom of Canyon Drive - Gallery Row |
 Mark White Kinetic Sculpture |
 Classic architecture |
 Sidewalk Sculpture |
 La Fonda Hotel & Restaurant |
 Burro Alley |
 Street Sculpture |
 Mike like Red Paintings |
 Tiny blocks of silk woven together |
 Wall fountain |
 Corner Store |
 American Indian Art |
 Sculpture in relief |
 Massive Cottonwood Tree |
 Up in the branches |
 Animals with Style |
 Canyon Rd Garden |
 St. Francis Cathedral |
 Main St. View |
 Fountains are fun! |
 Bright colors in gallery |
 Jean-Claude Gaugy Gallery |
 Aliana - "Boo!" |
Bandelier - Cliff Dwellings
Bandelier National Monument is a 33,677 acres National Monument preserving the homes of the Ancestral Pueblo People. It is named after Swiss anthropologist Adolph Bandelier, who researched the cultures of the area. The main attraction of the monument for the casual visitor is Frijoles Canyon, containing a number of ancestral pueblo homes, kivas (ceremonial structures), rock paintings and petroglyphs. Some of the dwellings were rock structures built on the canyon floor; others were "cavates" produced by voids in the volcanic tuff of the canyon wall and carved out further by humans.
 On the Road to Bandelier |
 Holes in Cliffs were Homes |
 Natural Shelters |
 High-Rise dwelling |
 Alfredo & Aliana at Cavate Entrance |
 Housing Inspector |
 Unusual Rock - Lizard Guard |
 Ladder to Cliff Dwelling |
 Smiles! |
 The Valley Floor and Trail |
 Jackie and Kimbra on the Trail |
 Enjoying the view |
 Volcanic tuff formations |
  Cave room with ready windows |
 Taking a little break |
 Along the Road |
 Tyuonyi pueblo ruins |
 Decoration and holes for vigas |
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Madrid - Art Village
Madrid (population 149 at the 2000 census) has become an artists community with galleries lining Route 14 (the Turquoise Trail). It still has remnants of its past with the Mineshaft Tavern and the Coal Mine Museum. The ending of the 2007 film Wild Hogs was set and filmed in the town.
 Welcome Wagon? |
 Bikers' Gift Shop |
 Potential Customer? |
 Still room for mail |
 Roadside cemetery |
 Galleries abound |
 Sculpture Garden |
 Doorway to more sculpture |
 Main Street |
 Individualist |
 Main Street House - w-TV |
 Window detail |
 Native art |
 Housepaint Ad |
 And Potpourri |
 Kids reading |
Taos - Pueblo
Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos (Northern Tiwa) speaking Native American tribe of Pueblo people. It is approximately 1000 years old and is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in the US. The Red Willow Creek, or Rio Pueblo de Taos, is a small stream which flows through the middle of the pueblo from its source in the Sangre de Cristo Range. A reservation of 95,000 acres (384 km˛) is attached to the pueblo, and about 1,900 people live in this area. Taos Pueblo's most prominent architectural feature is a multi-storied residential complex of reddish-brown adobe divided into two parts by the Rio Pueblo.
 Enroute to Taos on the High Road |
 Beginning Fall Color |
 Colorful Vista |
 Striking Contrast |
 Taos Cemetery |
 Typical Housing |
 Public Square |
 Home ovens to bake bread |
 Dwelling with Firewood |
 Innovative multi-levels |
 Well-dressed Westerner |
 Stream provides pueblo's water |
 Fry bread |
 Taos Church |
 Entance to Church Yard |
 A Stream runs through it |
 The Road Home |
 Rio Grande near Espanola |
 Along the way |
 Memorials are everywhere |