SANTA FE TRIP, PART TWO

To continue with our Santa Fe adventures....

The second part of the trip found us wandering more in Santa Fe, exploring Bandelier National Monument,  and playing more golf.

The street art was some of my favorite art.

Window displays in the shops were also fine street art.

The San Francisco de Asis Church in Toas has walls eight to twelve feet thick.

The San Francisco de Asis Church's angles are made lovelier with Taos' blue skies. 

The mystical staircase in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe has a great story.  In need of  help to build a staircase to the choir loft, the sisters prayed for divine help.  Soon a carpenter appeared, built an architectural masterpiece by hand, and left without accepting any pay.  Engineers are still studying how the staircase could be built.

Santa Fe is famous for its artistic doors to homes and shops.

Beautiful scenery on the way from Santa Fe to Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos.

A cliff dwelling at Bandelier National Monument.

The Anasazi (the Ancient Ones) were the people who built these cliff dwellings as much as a thousand years ago.

I climbed up to level one, but the next four ladders got even steeper and more exposed.

Young people had no problem negotiating the ladders.

On the way from Bandelier to Los Alamos we stopped to watch a herd of mule deer.

The dry ground of Marty Sanchez de Links of Santa Fe (a municipal course) made for good roll.

. The last course we played was the Santa Fe Country Club (a public course).  This is the course I played the most while working at the summer debate camps in the early 90s.

We end our Santa Fe trip with another great sunset.

Scottish Festival and Our Next Trip:  As we got ready for our next trip to Scotland (the next post will be from there), we attended a Scottish Festival in Albany.

Our booth at the festival selling books and photos.

The good entertainment included a fine pipe band.

A special treat for us was one of our favorite Celtic vocal groups, Golden Bough.

Shortly after our return from Scotland we'll set up shop at the Newport Celtic Festival and Highland Games (June 13 and 14, at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds).