My Life and Travels
We spent the day visiting places in Las Cruces:
Museum of Nature and Science
the cultural and art museums were closed for updating
Basilica of San Albino
Building in which Billy the Kid was convicted of murder
Farm and Ranch Museum
This was the courthouse in Billy the Kid’s time.
Last year we were on the eastern side of New Mexico where he is buried.
The Farm and Ranch Museum had a whole section on bees, and Jean walked through the whole thing.
These are some of the pictures I took while in Santa Fe. We spent 6 hours walking around the central area of Santa Fe. Looking at three churches and a bunch of high priced jewelry stores. We had a good time however my feet where tired.
Some amazing stain glass windows.
This is the Lorette Chapel, the story is here
The front of the state museum is where many navajo sell jewelry.
This picture of hail was taken 30 minutes after the above picture of the plaza.
Lady of Guadalupe Church of Santa Fe.
Hand carved door header.
Think this is some of the original bricks.
Drove 41 miles into Santa Fe to see the sights. There were three mission churches Jean wanted to see and a couple of museums. We ended up seeing all three churches and then spending the rest of the day walking around the shops at the Santa Fe Plaza. There are hundreds of shops to walk through. It is really hard for me to understand how all the jewelry shops can all stay open and make a profit.
Pictures of the churches ( when I get pictures formatted I’ll post them here ).
I put them HERE.
We visited the oldest Spanish style building in Arizona the CatholicMission San Xavier, started 1783 and opened as church in 1797.
There was a bunch of scaffolding in the church as they are always working on restoring the paintings and statues. When we got home I found I not taken any overall pictures of the inside of the church ( ripped these from the church website ).
These are some of the original beams that were then covered with saguaro cactus internal wood ribs and then adobe.