Lucinda's Santa Fe Summer 1998 Stuff

Santa Fe Vacation July-August 1998

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	Thunderstorm Welcoming us to New Mexico with a flashy display of lightning.	Coyote Cafe Everyone was eager to get their hands on the digital camera so we let them take our picture.
	Cycles Cycles parked in the yellow zone can't escape the eagle eyes of Santa Fe's finest.	Coyote Cafe Fan The inside of the Coyote Cafe Rooftop Cantina is decorated with most of my favorite colors which I usually don't get to see all in the same place.
	BadGrl Aptly named illegally parked cycle on San Francisco Street.	Coyote Sign From the Rooftop Cantina.
	Cabinet Wonderful and very expensive little cabinet which we admired but did not buy at the Spanish Market in the plaza.	La Fonda Our hotel at sunset looking almost 3-D.
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	Kanga This is Kanga's first trip away from home. Luckily our room has a perfect Kanga-sized desk niche.	Peterbilt No matter how fast we go around here, the truck behind us always seems to want to go faster, like this Peterbilt chasing us between Ojo Caliente and Tres Piedras.
	Our Rental Car Relaxing after escaping the mad Peterbilt.	Can At Brazos Cliff Overlook. It has been raining hard all morning.
	Fence Roll In front of new fence in front of view of Brazos Cliffs.	Brazos Cliffs From the overlook about halfway between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla. These cliffs are composed of some of the oldest rock in New Mexico, 1.7 billion year old Precambrian Quartzite.
	Stop Sign Whose only function seems to be to keep the wildflowers in order.	Tierra Amarilla Has the County Courthouse and Correctional Facility, but not much else.
	Photo Opportunities Are everywhere in Tierra Amarilla.	Gift Shop In Tierra Amarilla, which seems to have seen better days.
	House Next to the Tierra Amarilla Courthouse.	Service Station On the road out of Tierra Amarilla.
	Cliffs Just north of Ghost Ranch demonstrating why I think this is about the prettiest place on Earth.	Ghost Ranch Logo created by Georgia O'Keeffe who lived and painted here for years.
	Cliffs Inside Ghost Ranch just in case the first ones didn't convince you how incredible the colors are.	Storm Lurking over the cliffs of Ghost Ranch
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	Art Thing Taos is supposed to have some incredible art, but we must have been looking in the wrong places.	Antler House The houses in Taos are interesting, though.
	Blue House As usual, blue is the favored contrast color.	Los Gallos Mabel Dodge Luhan's house is one of the most impressive.
	Behind Me You can see some more of that great Toas art.	Deep Gorge Is the place to enjoy a pint of Fat Tire.
	San Jose de Gracia Catholic Church built in 1780 in Las Trampas.	Casa de Lopez Right across the street from San Jose de Gracia.
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	304 Canyon Road The first in a series of door pictures.	Fence With a fence or two thrown in for contrast.
	905 Canyon Road This door is painted my favorite teal blue.	Canyon Road And so is this one.
	Purple Door Another good color choice.	Wooden Doorway Though plain wooden doors are always a tasteful option.
	Window And a riot of flowers provides an effective contrast.	231 Canyon Road I like the way this mailbox is sunken into the adobe wall.
	906 Canyon Road This archway is especially nice.	Camoflauge After awhile it becomes apparent that we are starting to blend with our surroundings.
	Sun/Moon Shaman (Wood & Mixed Media by Doug Coffin, 13 feet) Most people come to Canyon Road to look at the art, some of which is displayed outside to tempt you to enter.	Ed Larson Studio Or not...
	Gale's Rug? Gale is interested in Navajo rugs and asked us to keep her in mind. Here is a choice from the Morning Star Gallery (c. 1950, 108"x58") in my favorite Two Grey Hills pattern. But it's a bit pricey at $19,500.	Another Rug By Betty Yazzie (46"x72") and much more reasonable at only $12,000.
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	St. Francis Cathedral Glowing at the end of San Francisco Street in front of a gathering thunderstorm.	Usual View of Me Shooting yet another "roll" of virtual film.
Santa Fe 7/26 \| Ghost Ranch Trip 7/27 \| Taos Trip 7/28 \| Canyon Road Expedition 7/29 \| Santa Fe 7/30-8/2