Today was a bit of a scatty day around Taos with many wrong turns and missed tourist attractions. However I must reiterate before I begin this is a lovely town where there is a sense of pride in their beautiful adobe houses and shops and a very strong Pueblan and Navajo presence and art scene.
So, first mission was coffee. We decided to try a different cafe recommended online. But it became clear very quickly that this was a mistake when I ordered a cappuccino and was asked whether I wanted it hot or cold. uhh ohh!! We sorted that out (aren’t cappuccinos only hot?) only to get the next question. Did I want milk or foam? It was too much for me. I just want a cappuccino…..aaaaahhhhhh!! Norjie was useless, all she could do was laugh. And by the way I was the nicest version of me, not an easy task.
Then we drove into the township. It was pleasing to drive through some noisy protestors with signs “Not our President”, something about ICE, blowing whistles and twirling hoola hoops.
We spent the morning walking the town centre and looking at the Native American art and crafts. It was Sunday morning so we were able to park and the shops opened gradually which was OK for us. It was good chatting to the shop people, who were often the artists and sculptors. In one place another customer was chatting to the shopkeeper about how terrible the tourist trade is and how international tourists were just not coming. They were really worried about what it would mean in the long term. However, this chap was glad that the Chinese tourists weren’t coming because they didn’t know how to go to the toilet. I gave him my worst look and told him I couldn’t agree with that and he told me most Australians would agree. Oh dear.
We then set off to see the Earthships. We had spotted them as we drove into Taos the other day. Houses that looked as if Gaudi had visited Taos and built a whole lot of houses. Today we went back to the Earthships Biotecture which is a community of sustainable buildings. You should look them up. Amazing!! I tried to capture some in the photos but we weren’t allowed too close because they are rented out.
Next stop: lunch. That is if we could find a place for lunch. Getting lost is becoming a bit of an expertise. Anyway we eventually found a place that was lovely. Now, we all know what big serves we get here but it is very routine to get a doggy bag. So we have started to eat half our large lunch and take half home to have for dinner with the glass of wine we have traveling with us. A very sound plan in my view…eat less and save money. A family having lunch there had a couple of Kelpies with them, a very strange sight. I told them they should be in Australia herding sheep. They said they did have anxiety problems because they didn’t have enough to do…these people, you have to laugh!! But not to worry she’s building an obstacle course for him.
We were then going to a museum but we couldn’t find it and we had lost the will to live at that point so decided to come back to our lovely house and put our feet up.
We move to Santa Fe tomorrow to the house of the mad man who gave me such grief when I booked it. He’s haunting me again now so we’ll have to see how that goes. Until Santa Fe……