Part Twelve: Homeward Bound and Looking Forward I spent my afternoon walking around San Luis looking at the interesting architecture. San Luis is a quaint little town, but many buildings are abandoned and crumbling. In the late afternoon, my ride arrived and we drove north towards Denver. The views were breathtaking. On the way down, …
Part eleven: Exploring the Shrine of San Luis In the morning, we walked up the mesa to the shrine. The road was steep but we climbed it slowly praying the Stations of the Cross that are scattered along the trail. The Stations are made of bronze by a local sculptor. There are small models of …
Part Ten: Costilla to San Luis. Across the state line. On the final day of the pilgrimage, we left our lodging in the Parish hall and set off after taking some pictures of the church and surrounding structures. We walked through Costilla which is full of abandoned houses, old ruins, and collapsed fences. It is …
Part nine: Questa to Costilla In the morning, we set off on our way passing a sign with blessing for the road. (Vaya con Dios.) The area has a very religious feel because even the Adopt-A-Highway signs may have prayers on them! After we left Questa, there were farms and houses scattered thickly along the …
Part Eight: Arroyo Hondo to Questa We left our creepy community center early in the morning and we were not sorry to leave. We left some money on one of the tables for our night’s lodging with the hope that, by the time we return next year, someone will have fixed the smoke alarms! We …
Part Seven: Taos Pueblo to Arroyo Hondo After leaving the Taos land, we walked all morning through beautiful scenery. It was partly cloudy and the morning was very good for walking. Midway through the day we arrived at Arroyo Seco. Arroyo Seco is a little touristy mountain town full of restaurants and art galleries. It …
Part Six: Taos Pueblo In the afternoon, we walked to Taos Pueblo. When we entered the Taos Nation land, we were welcomed by the head Fiscale who is in charge of religious matters. The Taos Nation provided an escort of tribal police in trucks and a young man walked at the head of our group …
Part Five: Exploring Taos and “Meeting” Kit Carson This was our rest day. We played at being tourists and wandered around Taos. One of the other pilgrims was interested in Kit Carson so the two of us spent our day at the Kit Carson museum. The museum is in Carson’s original adobe home. We toured …
Part Four: Over the Mountains to Ranchos de Taos This was one of our toughest days. We climbed the shoulder of Picuris Peak over an unnamed pass. The road was very rough and rocky and full of deep gullies. I have not yet introduced my faithful companion on the trip. You can see it in …
Part Three: Truchas to Peñasco We left Truchas in the cool, early morning and headed through the mountains towards Trampas and beyond that to Peñasco where we planned to spend the night. Two dogs followed us from Truchas. One of them was persuaded to turn around about a mile from Truchas but the other walked …
