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 …
Part Two: On the Road to Truchas This was our first day of walking. When I heard that we would be walking seven miles, I thought it would be easy. But it turned out to be all uphill. And the hill was steep. Before we left Chimayo, we visited the Oviedo Gallery which was owned …
Part One: The Santuarios of Chimayo On the first day of my pilgrimage, I spent the day in Chimayo and the surrounding countryside. El Santuario de Chimayo is built on the site where a large crucifix was found in the early 1800s. The soil where the crucifix was found is gathered by pilgrims. There have …
