here are some pictures of the loretto chapel, located in downtown santa fe. it houses the "mysterious stairway". it was created without nails or supports, and the carpenter disappeared after building it without asking for any compensation.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
loretto chapel
here are some pictures of the loretto chapel, located in downtown santa fe. it houses the "mysterious stairway". it was created without nails or supports, and the carpenter disappeared after building it without asking for any compensation.
rehearsal dinner barbeque
our real reason for our trip to new mexico was to attend j's cousin's wedding. here are some pictures from friday night's barbecue.
los alamos
after getting hot & sweaty hiking around bandelier national monument, we headed to los alamos. we had lunch at a cafe, and checked out the bradbury science museum. being in los alamos, it had a lot of information about the building of the atomic bombs. here's a picture of "fat man," a replica of one of the two atomic bombs dropped on japan.
bandelier national park
on friday, we got up really early and drove to bandelier national park. the pueblo indians lived in dwellings in the walls of the canyons about 600 years ago. there are ladders you can climb to check out the caves - we had lots of fun! j kept looking longingly at the rock, but unfortunately for him, the site is sacred & you're not allowed to climb there.
albuquerque
last weekend we flew to new mexico. we saw our friend v & had dinner with him, and spent thursday night in albuquerque. this is a view of central st, which used to be rt 66.
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
yay! they all made it! finally! after about 7 hours! it's normally a quick climb, but the people before them were obviously newbies & were taking FOREVER!!!
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
forgot this one earlier. it's a cool pic of j leading at the beginning of the whole climb. i really like this shot.
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
here's a picture of j coming up to the mouth cave, and another picturing j & j's brother b on the opposite lookout point.
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
all of these pictures expand, by the way, so click on them to really see more detail. here's a picture of j climbing the bolt ladder.
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
here are some much much better pictures taken with a much much better camera & much much better photographer, pictured here. thanks so much, american p!!!
Monday, June 04, 2007
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
i made a little friend during all my waiting. it was freezing at the top. thankfully a friend left his fleece with me. i wouldn't have lasted nearly as long as i had without it (and my mini wine bottle helped, too!).
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
hubby at the bottom.
so i waited forever, intending to take pictures & movies of the kids climbing from the mouth cave up to the top, but the two people before their group were taking absolutely forever. i was catching a ride home with someone who needed to leave at 4 (because i had to teach the next day), so i left my camera with american p & he was kind enough to catch these photos. THANKS SO MUCH AMERICAN!!!
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
monkey face from the top of smith rock.
a view of monkey face from the back side.
smith rock, memorial day weekend '07
here are a couple pics from fireside saturday evening. we had fun burning marshmallows. it looks just like lava. you've got to try it sometime!
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