Walking in to Taos Pueblo early this morning.
A wide view of the north section of the pueblo with the mountains behind, built approximately 1000ACE, and still inhabited.
The most 'recent' building in the pueblo, the Catholic church, built (for the third time) in 1850. Pictures were not allowed inside, but the architecture and decor was quite impressive.
The pueblo has a handful of *mostly* domesticated dogs, kept around to keep the coyotes and other predators out. This guy was happy to tag along with our tour group throughout the morning.
Bell tower from the second church, destroyed in a revolt in 1849.
A close up of one of the most favorite views of the original pueblo, built circa 1000.
A second view of the same section.
Back to the remains of the original, second church. The sacred ground is filled with tombstones, up until 2012. Now, members of the village are buried on a second plot elsewhere.
Since this blog is *mostly* dedicated to hiking, I had to take a quick shot of the market at Taos Pueblo on my way out.
I headed down the road to my main hiking spot of the day: Rio Grande Gorge State Park. I have to admit, my GPS was spotty, so I was originally trying to get to the big bridge farther north, but didn't mind my mistake due to the amazing hiking options nearby. This is my first shot from the first trail I hit, which was predominated by ancient lava rock. I almost felt like I was back in Hawaii again.
Another view of the old lava flows, overlooking the gorge.
I headed back down the road to another trail closer to the water. As I followed along, I found these little fishes hanging out in the shade.
Following the river led to some pretty great shots of the gorge.
The trail was pretty primitive - at times, it was through thick brush or down to half of a foot of space to traverse.
For dinner I headed to a slightly different part of downtown, in search of a bar inside of the oldest building in Taos.
The inside of the Alley Cantina, supposedly haunted.
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