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When I last visited Albuquerque in 2013, I saw this cute place on a nighttime Route 66 drive and said, “When I come back, I’m going to stay there.” And indeed I drove here straight from the Sunport.
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A scenic stop on the Turquoise Trail somewhere around Cerillos.
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A friendly local welcoming you to Santa Fe’s Meow Wolf.
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This is my happening and it freaks me out - Meow Wolf.
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Open the pod bay doors, Meow Wolf.
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I wish my washing machine was this psychedelic - Meow Wolf.
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And now for something completely different - a crucifixion scene at Santa Fe’s oldest church, Mission San Miguel.
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A Christ painted on buffalo hide, hanging in Mission San Miguel.
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The old bell of Mission San Miguel - guests can ring it and experience the cleansing, meditative gunnng chilling through their bones.
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The famous staircase of the Loretto in Santa Fe.
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A beautiful stained glass window in the Cathedral Basilica Of St Francis in Santa Fe.
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Zozobra Tribute #1, taken from the Santa Fe Visitor Center. Thanks to the lady who corrected me on my pronunciation by accenting the second syllable - I said, “I’m not a tourist anymore thanks to you!”
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Mariachi performance at Santa Fe Plaza - little did I know I was going to see the same performers at the Santa Fe Opera the next evening.
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The courtyard of the New Mexico Museum Of Art in Santa Fe.
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Zozobra tribute #2, a sculpture by Luis Tapia against a background mural by Zozobra co-creator Will Shuster at the New Mexico Museum Of Art.
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A lovely stark NM-influenced Georgia O’Keeffe from her museum in Santa Fe, “Black Cross Red Sky.”
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After a day tromping around in the intense Santa Fe sun, having a cup of perfect gazpacho from the perfect The Shed was, how you say, perfect. (My wife thought her vegetarian posole was even perfecter.)
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Another photo from the Shed, not so much to comment on my tamale or the garlic bread (which should be a side at any restaurant) but the immaculate preparation of my wife’s chile rellenos - not battered and fried, but just the way they should be.
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On the way to witness the burning of Zozobra - you know you’re going somewhere when you get protestors screaming of your eternal damnation upon entering.
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Zozobra’s final hours, set against Santa Fe’s Sangra De Cristo Mountains.
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The Spanish presentation that signifies the beginning of the Zozobra ritual.
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An immense fireworks performance begins as Zozobra’s time has come.
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The moment when Zozobra’s fate had come.
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I have to say it was a little unsettling to be in a crowd rejoicing as we watch Zozobra being burned “alive.”
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And upon the collapsed heap that was Zozobra, the fireworks are ever more elaborate and intense.
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The Santuario De Guadalupe in Santa Fe, the oldest shrine to the Virgin found in the US.
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Altar of the Santuario De Guadalupe.
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One thing I love about Santa Fe are the trees.
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Representative Canyon Road photo.
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The Santuario De Chimayo, a famous pilgrimage site in New Mexico.
