Madrid's claim to fame is that it was the set for a film with John Travolta about a group of amatuer motorcycle hogs. The film crew built a diner and the Kich Ass Ranch. Traveling on we drove to the 10,400' summit of the Sandia Mountain range which sits just north of Albuquerque.
Our last day in Santa Fe took us on a convoluted route to Taos but that is another story.
Albuqueuque from 10.400'. Spectacular, but I'll take the clear air of Punta Gorda thank you.
Locally they call this the steel ridge which sits just north of the summit. Just about all communications within 100 miles are channeled through these towers. Yep...I have 5 bars on my iPhone.
Some high flying humming birds
This is a part of the adobe village at Taos. We visited with a few Native Amewrican Indians here and really enjoyed and appreciated the dialogue.
We visited here 12 years ago and the place was pretty run down. Not now. There are 5 full time adobe pros who spend full time keeping the place up. Oh yes, they recently received a federal grant for this. Thats OK with me but why should I be surprised or disappointed to see that all of the Indians there were wearing Obama buttons?
Been trying to think whenI was last in this area, it's been a loooong time. Just thes few pics have inspired me. Maybe we'll fly out here for a long weekend this fall.
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