To celebrate Kimberly's birthday, we had some cake and drove to Taos. The original plan was to fly a bit further, but it was super windy and Taos was a shorter drive. I hadn't been so it was nice to see and nice of Kimberly to compromise. I'm sure we'll make the original planned flight someday.
We found a pretty great room on the drive down and the hotel, The Taos Inn - or now the Historic Taos Inn, was a great spot. Right downtown, two places to eat and live music almost every day. We were lucky to get a suite in the new building. Apparently environment control is a big deal in the older buildings.
It was nice to walk around and see the 'art' scene. And we found a great Mexican restaurant, La Cueva Cafe. They don't have a lot of room, but the food was about as good as you can get! Above left is me listening to Kimberly's wisdom. On the right is a great picture - of her.
On the way back, we drove west for a bit to see the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. It was very nice as was the scenery. You can walk back and forth on either side. If you want a rest area, bathrooms and local merchants, those are on the west side. We also saw some bighorns - both in the valley of the gorge and right along the road. They were neat to watch. We were surprised to see a baby with two males and no females in sight.
Since we had most of the day to drive back, we were looking for places of interest. This one was very cool and only because we saw it from the road. It's up the hill west of the oldest town in Colorado, San Luis. It's called the Stations of the Cross Shrine. The only way I know that is because I backtracked in on the web. The sign by the chapel simply reads, "CHAPEL". One very cool part was it was completely empty of people - and the chapel door was open! Another was that it is a Stations of the Cross so there are 14 statutes representing each station.
On the left was a statue of Christ on the cross but not nailed. I had never seen that depiction before. It was not a station. On the right is inside the chapel. It was so great the door was unlocked. When we entered, it couldn't've been more than 60 degrees. That is the benefit of adobe construction.
Jesus on the cross with the sun behind and the front of the chapel.
A side view looking north and Station 11 - Jesus is nailed to the cross.
I thought this was a great sculpture.
Thank you for Kimberly for her adventurous spirit and a great couple of days!
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