Day 4

On day 4, I woke up with about 5 others, at the crack of dawn, to go see the Procession of our lady of victory, Santa Fe, La Conquistadora at the Rosario Chapel where the Caballeras de Vargas reenact what happened in the 1500s. I have a video of this that I will upload. This picture/sculpture was right outside my hotel.

Then we had a lecture about the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro which is the route the Mexicans took to get to Santa Fe to trade with the Puebloans before they took over the area. Then we went on a quic tour of the plaza which I had already done myself and then we had a really cool presentation where the Santa Clara Pueblo people came to show us 2 of their dances. And the pottery they make and how it's made. I will have to get the video up of this ASAP. 

Then I took 3 women up to Abiqui to see Georgia O'Keefe's Ghost Ranch. I didn't really care about the ranch part but the landscape she painted was worth painting.

I loved this so much. This is what makes me not want to live in New England. Look at the blue contrasting with the red. Gorgeous.