Saturday, 27 April 2013

Spring Break in New Mexico

Pedernal, beloved of Georgia O'Keeffe.
We spent Spring break in New Mexico: Albuquerque and Santa Fe.  Lots of history: New Mexico has been the home of Puebloan people for ten thousand years, then was a dusty outpost of the Spanish empire from the late 16th to early 19th century, at which point it became part of independent Mexico. The Santa Fe trail saw great trains of wagons passing through Santa Fe on their journey across the plains to California.  Mexico ceded the territory to the US in 1848 following the Mexican-American war and the state of New Mexico wasn't formed until 1912. In many ways, New Mexico still feels like a different country with lots of Mexican food and Spanish place names.

Mud pies in the Rio Grande
'that river twisting through a dusty land'.
We enjoyed staying with friends in Albuquerque, the adobe houses of Santa Fe and a tough canyon walk down to the Rio Grande near Los Alamos, home of the bomb, as well as witnessing an extraordinary Good Friday procession in Spanish, complete with flint lock pistols and gunpowder.  Our favourite day was a hike around Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch, surrounded by the iconic skylines and canyons of her pictures.
On top of Chimney Rock, Ghost Ranch.

16th century Adobe church at Abuquiu

Fort Garland, Southern Colorado

Chimney Rock
Learning to use chopsticks
Cowgirl at the museum in Santa Fe

Album covers are still on our minds



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  1. Unknown5 May 2013 at 12:35

    I played football today and I played in defence but i scored for my first time. lookingforward to seeing you soon. Angus X

    Angus was so proud of himself that he did a back flip and landed on his head! Love Naomi X

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