COLD FRONT IN NEW MEXICO

We've been in New Mexico since last Thursday but we really didn't get to enjoy the area because of the weather.  We're staying at Santa Fe Skies RV park that sits on a hill where you can see the city in the distance. 


Santa Fe at sunset

 They were calling for a cold front to blow in sometime on Friday but the sun was shining in the morning so we decided to drive up to Taos.  It was a nice drive with the road paralleling the Rio Grande River for part of the way. 

Rio Grande River

Picturesque country

Our first stop was the visitors center where we found out that the Taos Pueblos that we had planned to see first was closed for a funeral.  We back-tracked a little to stop at the San Francisco de Asis Church, built in 1772 and reported to be one of the most photographed and painted churches in the world.  (so naturally I had to take a picture!) 

The wind was picking up so we headed to the Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge, the second highest cantilever bridge in the U.S.  It towers 650 ft. above the river and I wasn't sure that I could walk out onto the bridge to look down but we did.

View from the bridge

We walked around the Historic District for a while but by mid afternoon the skies were getting dark and when we felt rain drops, we headed for the truck and home.

We woke Saturday morning to cold temps with 20 mph wind and 60 mph gusts...a good 'pajama day.'  They're calling for the winds to continue till Sunday afternoon.  Since Sunday is 'race day' we really didn't plan to go anywhere, and there are still strong gusts.  

We decided to stay another day so that we could go in to Santa Fe.  It's Veterans Day but I had talked with someone who said that they thought the museums would be open...wrong!  It is sunny and not to windy, and again our first stop was the visitor's center but...it was closed, as well as the New Mexico History Museum.  We decided to walk around the Historic District and get some lunch.  We walked through the Cathedral Basilica of St Frances of Assisi, established in 1610; the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum; and many of the Indian Art Galleries around the plaza. 

It definately seems that we got to New Mexico too late in the season, but one of the gallery owners told us that it was in the 60's just a week ago and this is the best time to come to miss the crowds...still a little disappointing.