Day Trip on the High Road to Taos Pueblo

Driving on the High Road to Taos, we went through a few artsy small towns like Chimayo, with mostly very quiet and non inviting energy this time of year.   Roads are clear of snow AND some local drama with an avalanche at the Taos Ski slope that killed a young man from the Boston MA area.  No skiing for us!

 

Snowy peaks in the distance from the high road I think might be the Jemez Mountains....

Sign to enter Taos Pueblo ---As we arrived we met a Chinese student from the U of M, whom I gave my number, Yihong from Tianjin the city Steven Liu is from.  He texted me and perhaps we will meet back in Minneapolis!

   
Don and Jane waiting in front of the Catholic Church where the tour begins. 

 Our indigenous guide who is an art student in Santa Fe, getting ready to lead the 1:40 tour

 Remains of the San Geronimo Church bombarded in 1847 by the US Cavalry when a Native and Hispanic Uprising occurred when local  Governor Charles Bent was murdered as well. Over 100 Native and Hispanic people were killed here.
 
Our guide describing the horno ovens the Pueblo people use for a variety of things.

 Guide describing the of adobe in maintaining and building the pueblo structures.

Red Willow Creek , or Rio Pueblo de Taos in Spanish - Blue lake is some 25 miles upstream and a day and a half walk done for ceremony.  The tribe now owns and controls the land to keep it pristine. 

https://sacredland.org/taos-blue-lake-united-states/

Taos = Place of The Red Willows

http://www.taospueblo.org/

 Don chatting with our guide, before we went over the the north house pueblo to meet some of the locals and see their art.  Jane recognized a liberal Texas politician there and got a photo taken.  He ran against Ted Cruz and had been a US Congressman. Know Tim Watz our new MN progressive governor and Rush Holt as past US Congressman from New Jersey that I knew from Carleton College.

 View of North House, Hlaauma ----