New Mexico and Arizona

 West of Taos there is a community of passive solar homes.

Earthship Biotecture. Interesting. 

Click on the link to a learn more and watch

a one minute video.

If you are looking for somewhere different to stay,
 there are some for rent.

Guess Where This Is

We are not surprised that we didn't get any guesses 

from our last blog. Earthship Biotecture in Taos.

Beautiful area and a neat concept. 

Right on the rim of the Rio Grande del Norte 

National Monument is where we stayed 

while visting Taos, New Mexico.

Hiking 1.2 miles down Big Arsenic Trail with all the 

switchbacks was interesting, 

but hiking back up was challenging!

You also have the option of carrying all your camping gear 

down here to camp. Not an option in our world. 

We did talk to a group of 30 kids who meet 

and camp here for a week every year. 

We hiked another .3 of a mile to see the petroglyphs.

On our way back up there was plenty of time to rest 

and take more photos. 

Lots of hummingbirds were at the feeders.

Later that same day we went to the Wild River

Visitor Center to hear two ladies talk about 

Pinon nut picking and a little about the culture in the area,

which was very interesting. They even made cookies

with Pinon nuts and Pinon nut rolls which was 

a lot of work since there were about 60 people 

who attended! Delicious!

In the northwest corner of New Mexico we stopped and

visited Salmon Ruins and Aztec Ruins National Monument. 

The round room on the right is The Great Kiva and was a 

sanctuary and a place for people to meet for community events. 

One unique feature is the corner doorway on 

the second floor. We were allowed to crawl

through this low door 

and go into several rooms!

Back in Arizona!

Thankfully, we have seen the Grand Canyon several times 

because this time at the north rim they were doing some

controlled burning and the canyon was full of smoke. 

We felt bad for all the international visitors. 

But there was about 300 Bison we were able to sit and watch.

After leaving the north rim of the Grand Canyon we stopped

to see the kids and had a great time. So blessed to have them

in Arizona and there is so much laughter when we get together.

This is our last blog for a while. Thanks for reading!