Santa Fe is a Real Cool Place

Lance wanted to go toward Santa Fe to see a golf course. We got there and it had snowed and the course was closed. We decided since we were so close to Santa Fe to go ahead and go there.

Whoa! Did not think we were that close to Cuba!!!! Also, we saw a sign pointing to Waldo...do you think we finally found Waldo?

On the way we saw signs to this National Monument. It was worth the detour. Nature has a way of creating such unusual and beautiful landscapes.

One place I wanted to go to in Santa Fe was the Spiral Staircase in the Loretto Chapel. It was the subject of a movie, Spiral Staircase, staring William Pederson (Gus Grissom of CSI) as the carpenter. There is a legend that the nuns prayed to St. Joseph for the staircase and this man (many believe it was St. Joseph himself) came and built the staircase with very little central support and supposedly of wood not indigiousness to the area. A magnificent piece of architecture.

Nearby, was the Georgia O'Keefe Museum. Could not sneak any pictures -- yes, they had guards all over there too. It was very interesting with pictures in different types of media as well as her quotes and history.



The one thing that stood out in Santa Fe was that most of the homes and businesses were adobe. Here is Office Depot.

Like Sedona, Arizona, Santa Fe is an artist's paradise. Every where you turned in downtown Santa Fe was jewelry, clothing, sculptures, you name it in Indian and southwestern motifs.