Santa Fe, New Mexico

Monday, October 3,  2011

This morning we left Taos.  An interesting place.

We took one of the state designated scenic highways toward Santa Fe.  I must say, it is the first time we've been even slightly disappointed in a scenic highway, which we have tried to travel all that are convenient.  It wound around some mountain areas, but generally went through what appeared to be small, very poor communities. 

We did stumble across an interesting business in the middle of nowhere (or at least it seemed like that to us).  It seemed to be an import business for Mexican goods.  It must be a distributor.  I can't imagine many tourists drive to this part of New Mexico.  They had some of everything.

We arrived at Los Campos Campground which is near downtown Santa Fe and set up for the evening.

Tuesday, Oct 4

This morning we took a bus from the campground to the Historic District of downtown Santa Fe, a shopping mecca for anyone looking for handcrafted jewelry and arts.

Clara managed to find some "must have" jewelry.

Shopping in the Native American Market.  An interesting set up.  All the sellers have there wares on a blanket about 6 feet long and all are sitting behind their space.  Only Native Americans allowed in this block and the seller must have created what they sell.

The Native Americans lined up selling their wares.  Clara must have visited and talked to everyone of them at least twice.

Clara found her "must have" hand woven wearable art by Tammy Ferrill - Medvedic.  She weaves all of her wares in her shop, then does the sewing and selling right there.  Happy Birthday Clara!

After we took the bus back to the RV park, it started raining.  It is the VERY first time since we left Beaufort that we've seen this much rain. It has rained quite a lot, which for this area that only gets 10 inches a year must be a big deal.