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Alpine Village Suites Taos

100 Thunderbird Road, P.O. Box 98, Ski Valley Taos, New Mexico, 87525, United States

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From the Gorge to the Church

A travel blog entry by vanderkansie

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... off the electric grid neighborhood just North of Taos. Some great engineering that goes into the building of the houses. They use tires and cover them with clay and straw to build the walls. They only use natural wind and solar panels for energy, and they have hydroponic plants inside the houses. Glass bottles and cans in the walls are used for decorating and to allow some light into the buildings. Very interesting, and definitely ...

She hid my glasses

A travel blog entry by vanderkansie

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... and the food was definitely not on par with the price. On their menu they did have this saying and I immediately thought of my father in law.

Great Uncle Willy-john Says:


"The Good Lord meant water for fishing, washing and baptisms. There ain't no mention in the Good Book that it was ever supposed to be drunk by people. 100% of all ailments happen to folks who have at some time drank water ...

Attitude adjustment

A travel blog entry by vanderkansie

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... that such a large animal would make such a high-pitched sound. Johan tried to scare me by telling me that we should be careful for the mountain lions, as they have the stealth of a leopard, and we would not hear them till they are on us, ready to devour us. I could not help to think that this is the origin on many a ghost campfire story.

Now it is time for bed, breakfast is served at 8, and we expect to be up and about early tomorrow ...

Great plains to high mountains

A travel blog entry by vanderkansie

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... Rosa has it's roots in the tidy collection of tin-roofed adobe buildings. The town is also known as the place where Billy the Kid had his last Christmas meal on his way to the jail in Lincoln. Naturally, this town was not on the interstate, as you know I will never choose the interstate as a way to get from point A to point B when I am on vacation. No, the town could only be reached by taking a 10-mile detour on a dead end road. When we got to the town, there was very ...

Taos (which rhymes with mouse)

A travel blog entry by lynnandkriss

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... drumming emanating from the sacred circle.

KK: Native Americans gather from far and wide to drum, sing and dance around the sacred circle and they let us murderous filthy liars in our devilish white skin in for $10. Loved seeing people in traditional gear, with headdress and feathers, with designer sunglasses and I-pods. At first the drumming and the singing sound simplistic and repetitive but when a group struck up near us ...

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