Sky City Casino Hotel Pueblo of Acoma

Paysages arides. Terre de Cain. Des paturages deshydrates aux jaunes contrastant avec le bleu immense du ciel. Debut du relief saccade des Montagnes Rocheuses.

On avale pas mal de route mais on decelere car nous sommes au debut de notre "aventure" au pays de Billy the Kid et Pancho Villa... !

Un pique-nique impromptu au ...

Let us just start by saying that everything really is bigger in Texas, including the amount of miles it took to cross it. It seemed like it took forever, but we finally made it out of that monstrosity of a state and now are in New Mexico. Not to say we didn't enjoy Texas, because we did. Austin was great, we will for sure be returning there sometime in the near future. However, today we mostly traveled through the west hills and massive farm lands. There are thousands ...

... on the mountain, I’d be walking out with no food or water. At least here, on the on the highway, I’d be able to hitch a ride in the morning to the town Espanola, now 45 miles away. I knew there was no point hiking then as the sun was setting and rain was coming. I lifted my bike off the road over some baby cacti and behind some trees. It was a good a place as any to set up for the night.

It took 2.15 hours to get the right lift. The road was super quiet and three ...

I'm sorry, I grew up with Bugs Bunny cartoons and I always think of him taking the wrong turn there. I will some day explore the city and especially I would love to turn north and ride around the Santa Fe area. Don't think it will be this trip since they are expecting high winds and thunderstorms this week.

Total miles driven today was 245.

Yes I went to a goat farm this morning. Actually it was a goad dairy, South Mountain Dairy. Why did I go to a goat dairy, you ask? Well, yesterday I found out that a cousin that I had not seen in more than 30 years was there. She owns and operates the dairy. She makes many different cheeses and drinkable yogurt and sells them at various farmer markets from Albuquerque to Santa Fe. I had never ...

I went with my mom to visit Sky City, which a Pueblo of the Acoma people. It's supposedly the longest inhabited place in the US, for 400 continuous years or something along those lines. It was a bit pricey to get in, $20 a person! You have to have a photo permit as well. We hung out at the visitor's center until the next tour. The locals were selling handmade jewelry and pottery and the visitor's center also had an exibit on Native American pottery. Unforunately I didn't take any ...

Today I traveled up Highway 25 to Santa Fe. The landscape was beautiful. The distance from Albuquerque to Sata Fe is approx 60 miles. As I approached the city it felt like I was coming home. All of the movies, books and history lessons made it feel as if I had been there before and when I got to the city I was not disappointed finding a 'free parking spot immediately. this was a good sign. I toured around the 'Plaza' section of Santa Fe which is the ...

WOW, what a great place! The Acoma Pueblo is really special. I was starting to get bummed by missing out on the Taos Pueblo and also seeing how badly the other local Pueblos were kept. It's disheartening to see how poor or neglected some of these unique cultural sites are. Acoma was a pleasant surprise. First of all, the location is unique being on a remote mesa in a secluded dessert valley. To be fair, the Acoma reservation has a casino which ...

The photos above pretty much tell the story for today .... but a few comments.... Mr. Kitty was no where to be found this morning, so we departed Shamrock without good byes! We did meet the shop cat at the antique mall in Moriarty, a rescue over 6 years ago and thriving, not to mention in complete control of the shop! Rescue-Kitty helped us find several writing ...

So we survived our first night camping and are on the road to Santa Fe, NM - a 10 hour drive - again, another easy drive with long, flat straight roads and high speed limits - we were quite thrilled to see our first 80mph speed limit along the roads of Texas - about the only good thing we can say about the Lone Star State. As we traveled westward, the scenery changed and we could definitely tell we were in desert country - unfortunately, we never did spot the elusive ...