To Taos.......
Daily postings will be absent for some days as Julie and I take a break with a trip and photo shoot to Taos, New Mexico. For out of towners, Taos is about an hour north of Santa Fe and sits nestled beneath Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico at 13,161 ft. Taos is also home to what many scholars consider to be the oldest continuously occupied building in North America, the Taos Pueblo.

As anglo settlers began to settle the area, Taos was a center of the fur trade and in fact was the home of Kit Carson. Later as settlement progressed Taos became a favorite haunt for newly arrived artists and the "New Mexico" school of art was founded here. Consquently there are many great museums and galleries in Taos today. We plan to hit a few.

Today, Taos has grown a bit from my earliest visits, but is still a Mecca for art and photograpy along with some great dining and just sitting and enjoying the cool air laced with pinon pine smoke. We plan to do all these....and possibly more! :>)