Aspenglow

              The Mountains above Santa Fe

Aspenglow

 

 After surviving the Kansas transit we stop at the Eastern edge of the Rockies for a quick rest.

 then straight south to New Mexico following the Rio Grande to Taos and Santa Fe where we visit my uncle Pat for a few days.

 Pat is a natural historian with a nonstop narration of the areas history and shows us great places to eat and takes us on nature treks to see the aspens which are in full glory.

 Santa Fe is just plain wonderful, the architecture of the area is apparently mandated to the "Santa Fe" style, so the whole area has a cohesiveness that other areas could certainly benefit from.

 Wouldn't L.A. look better if it had to adhere to a Disneyland motif?

 

 New Mexico has a lot going for it, mountains, deserts, lonely roads pass mesas, desserts, a long interesting history chock full of Spanish conquests, American conquests, deserts. and the last economic conquest, Indian casinos.

 

 And as far as we could tell, no blue laws (more on that later)