jubilada

Toucan I have thought of you at the birds places. Here I have been enamored of the peacocks.

ElendilPickle

The Rio Grande Nature Center is sort of off the beaten path, but we've always enjoyed going there, especially when the kids are younger. When it's cold, you can sit in the observation room and watch the wildlife, and there are plenty of places outside to watch when it's nice. The hiking trails along there are worth returning for, jubilada.

Lee Ann

jubilada

Lee Ann
My better half is more of a hiker than I but I think she plans on returning. We found the Rio Grande nature center because it is in the neighborhood of Los Poblanos. I really like this area.

jubilada

We had a wonderful day today driving the Jemez trail. We stopped frequently for photo ops of the red rocks and other gorgeous sights along the way. We visited many pottery shops in the Jemez pueblo and enjoyed speaking with the artists about their work both in terms of their traditional methods and the spiritual significance of the symbols. We bought only one small very beautiful pot but wanted more. We stopped in the small town of Jemez Springs noting the Zen Center as well as the monastery of the handmaidens of the blood.

We kept driving to where the snow was about six inches deep.

follow_your_bliss

jubi, my husband is determined to do a program at that zen center. For future reference, there is a natural hot springs that you can hike to in Jemez Springs.

jubilada

We knew but were not up for a hike. Another time

jubilada

Today was our day to get up early to go to Santa Fe to visit an old friend. We went by way of the Turquoise trail following the old mining towns. The scenery was gorgeous climbing up through the mountains. The Tinkertown museum was closed for the season. We stopped briefly in Madrid to soak in the miner meets artist meets hippie ambiance. I'd love to go back there when things are open.

In Santa Fe our first stop was my favorite museum
Ever the Folk art museum. In addition to the vast permanent. Collection of folk art from every culture on earth there was a gorgeous Amish quilt show with bold colors and designs which seemed completely modern despite their nineteenth century origins. After a very fruitful trip to the marvelous gift shop in which we bought a wonderful beaded doll from Mexico we found our friend's home.

She took us to a delicious nachos and enchiladas lunch at the Zia Diner and we them saw the Amnie Liebovitz show at the Georgia O'Keefe museum which I highly recommend. We spent the rest of the afternoon. Walking and driving around with our friend showing us her favorite places in town. There was much more sprawl than at our last visit a decade ago .

We drove home during a pink and orange sunset. Our brains and cameras are full of visual delights.

Toucan2

tt sounds like a beautiful day. I'm hoping to visit the Georgia O'Keefe museum this weekend. I will look up the folk art museum as I love quilting.

Still sorry that our paths are not going to cross

jubilada

Toucan I am sorry too. It sounds like you will have a stormy weekend in Santa Fe. I hope not!!

Toucan2

uh oh, I haven't looked recently, I saw there might be snow and 40s, I better go check it out.

jubilada

We spent much of the afternoon at the National Hispanic Culture Center nhcc.org seeing the exhibit Stiching Resistence. This is a large group of appilleras which are stitched panels created by wen in Chile from 1975 through the present to grieve protest and raise consciousness about the men and wen who disappeared during Pinochet's rule. They are profoundly affecting and I urge anyone within driving distance of here to see it

We then drove and walked around town nod had a very disappointing Mexican lunch at Mary and Tito's which has been highly recommended. Meh. We miss the food in Tucson which we liked way betters except here at Los Poblanos.

We saw about 20 sand hill cranes in our neighborhood today. Very cool.

We are going out to a reading at a local bookstore tonight.

We were lucky to see

dfrostnh

I enjoy reading about your wonderful vacation.

ekscrunchy

Me, too!!

mvor

Jubi, it's wonderful to "hear" how happy you've been in your potential snowbird location (Tucson) and to learn more about New Mexico, a place I know very little about but you've certainly piqued my interest. Hope you have safe travels back to snowy New England.

jubilada

We are struggling to decide about our trip for next winter. We will have only two weeks and Tucson is likely to be warmer so we will probably go there. But ABQIs somewhen think I could live year round.

TDudette

Sounds wonderful, jubi.

By any chance were there any with and without makeup photos of a Las Vegas show girl in the Lebovitz exhibit?

Vttraveler

So glad that you have had a great trip. I have never been to the Tucson area but have visited New Mexico and find it beautiful and fascinating.

panecott

Sounds like a wonderful trip, jub. I'm saving the info on Riverbend and Los Poblanos for future reference.

I'd been planning a trip to NM for May, centered around Ojo Caliente, but eschewed it for Utah.

Debit, how does Ojo compare to Red Mountain Resort in Utah? I think you've been to both, yes?

They both look beautiful but Red Mt. seems to offer so much more for the money, so I recently canceled Ojo in favor of Red Mt. for this coming May. It seems to offer an endless list of outdoor activities.

jubilada

TDu
I don't think so but there some photos I did not see because there were tour groups blocking them. However this show was not mostly people but places and objects like Freud's couch and dresses belonging to Emily Dickenson.

jubilada

Panecott I don't think you would like Riverbend but there are other places in t and c

I cannot recommend Los on lamps more highly but I really liked the old inn rooms much better than the new ones which are more modern but have much less character IMO.