Sightseeing in Taos, NM

Today we had a sightseeing trolley car reserved to take us around the city and out to the Taos Pueblo Indian site. It is over a thousand years old and was never conquered by the Spanish or American army's, so it has remained with the Indians forever. A few hundred native Indians still live in the hand-build pueblo house structures. They do this to maintain contact with their ancestry, heritage and language. Their language is not written down or recorded. It is taught to the children. The structures are build with adobe brick made from the native clay and straw. There is not electricity or running water in the pueblo 'city'. Many of the Indians live in the pueblo city part time and in Taos the rest of the time. Since the land is owned and controlled by the Indian nation, they have all their own police, fire, court house, jail, etc. separate from Taos. We bought a really colorful bowl from a Pueblo tribe member artist. Also got a Christmas ornament, with horse hair heated into it to cause a unique design. We also got to taste Fry Bread, a Pueblo staple. It was made by a tribe member in her adobe home. Fried Bread is kinda similar to funnel cake as far as the cosistancy and airiness, but it is made is a cast iron skillet. It was very good, mine had a local cherry jam on it and Rob got honey on his.
We then proceeded to an outpost named La Hacienda do Los Martinez. It was a trading outpost from 1804 until the 1960's. It has 22 rooms and is now a museum demonstrating the life and methods that the early pioneers used to live and thrive in the Taos area. Last stop was the San Francisco de Asis Church. In their gift shop we got a pretty metal angel ornament.
Then we spent the rest of the day shopping for walking around downtown Taos, having lots of coffee, ice cream and yummy chocolate!Read more