Terrace Towers Lodge
Travel Blogs from Red River
Day 13 - Taos - New Mexico
... an artist and made the beautiful Indian dolls in my sitting room, and both Paco and his brother are jewellers. Paco doesn't make jewellery any more as he's busy running the B&B but his brother still does and makes and sells it in the trading post shop his grandfather set up. But just because Paco's no longer a practicing artist doesn't mean he's stopped loving it, every single inch of this place ...
Day 12 - Taos - New Mexico
... catch ups, which include our hosts as well as all the guests, we all seem to get in there at the same time so it's a great way to start the day. This morning I met a lovely lady from Calgary who was also travelling on her own so we spent the day together today touring Taos finishing up with a delicious dinner and glass of vino. We thought about tossing a coin to see who'd do the driving but as there was a slight possibility of me forgetting ...
Day 11 - Taos - New Mexico
... was was descendant of a Spanish family that migrated to Taos in the late 1600s. His standing here was clearly so significant that they have maintained the home he shared with his third wife and turned it in to a museum. Also interesting is that it that it is said that his children were raised with Indian children that he had helped free from capture (from who I don't know, will have to look into that more). I found this quite interesting as ...
Day 10 - Taos - New Mexico
... Warwick, Burt Bacharach and the open road all day (Dionne and Burt keep me calm and make me happy, so camp, so delightful). The scenery had plenty of similar rock formations to those I'd seen from the highways on previous days, coupled with a whole lot of nothing, grand! I also went through parts of Sante Fe National Forest, where I suspect it's huntin' season as I saw a few guys at ...
Day 13
... today to visit Loretto Chapel, at the end of the Old Santa Fe Trail. Inside the Gothic structure is the fascinating staircase often referred to as miraculous, inexplicable, marvellous and is sometimes called St. Joseph’s Staircase.
The stairway confounds architects, engineers and master craftsmen. It makes over two complete 360-degree turns, stands 20’ tall and has no center support. It rests solely ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking
- Pets allowed