Santa Fe, New Mexico

We reached Santa Fe just as it was getting dark.  The roads were dark and winding and very narrow.  After several false starts, we arrived at our condo.  We were too tired and not sure of where we were that we ate Christmas cookies, fudge, carrots and apples for supper.  I highly recommend it!  After a slow start to our morning, we headed out to Tia Sophia's for a New Mexico breakfast of beans, quesadillos, and hot salsa and make your hair stand up coffee.  Then off to the Georgia O'Keeffe museum, the Palace of the Governors', San Miguel Mission, St. Lorrette Church, St. Francis of Assisi church, and the Plaza all in walking distance of each other. Santa Fe town counsel decided they wanted to keep the adobe theme to the town as it grew.  It makes for a beautiful town but very hard to recognize where you are.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American artist. Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916

Palace of the Governors established 1609: locals set out their jewellery for sale even on cold days like the day we were there.


St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral 1889.  The only non-pueblo building in Santa Fe.

Blessed Kateri

Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680) is the first North American Indian to be beatified, and was canonized in October 2012.^[1] She was an Algonquian-Mohawk woman of New York State.

San Miguel Mission, also known as San Miguel Chapel, is a Spanish colonialmission church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Built between approximately 1610 and 1626, it is claimed to be the oldest church in the United States. The church was damaged during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 but was rebuilt in 1710 following the Spanish reconquest and served for a time as a chapel for the Spanish soldiers. The wooden reredos, which includes a wooden statue of Saint Michael dating back to at least 1709, was added in 1798. Though the church has been repaired and rebuilt numerous times over the years, its original adobe walls are still largely intact despite having been hidden by later additions.

Oldest house in Santa Fe

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts

Santa Fe had snow and ice when we arrived.  It was slippery to walk around and a little too cold to sit outside.  The town does not have snow plows and they just wait for the snow to melt.  We had wanted to stay and travel up to Taos to visit the oldest living Pueblo but a snow storm was blowing in.  We'll have to return in June when the days are warmer and all the outside activities are in full swing.