russellviii
Salt Lake City
Last Stop Before Philmont — 4 weeks ago
Worth visiting!
The main purpose of our trip was to pick up our daughter from Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. Taos was our last stop on the way.
We arrived in Taos in the late afternoon. We checked in to the hotel. Our youngest wanted to swim in the pool for a little while so we relaxed while she swam.
We called our daughter at Philmont to ask if she had any recommendations for us in Taos. She came to Taos several times duriing her three years at Philmont. She suggested one of her favorite places to eat.
While we were eating I had commented to Mrs. viii that I wanted to take some pictures of the town before it got too dark. Since the rest of the family wanted dessert and weren’t terribly interessted in taking pictures, she suggested that I just go ahead and take pictures on my own and we’d meet up later.
The town was interesting. There is one major street running north to south. It’s only one lane in each direction, so it’s pretty congested much of the time. The architecture that I saw was predominantly Southwest adobe style. Most of the town seemed to be geared around high-end tourists, with a lot of very expensive art galleries lining the streets. The town remindedn me a lot of Jackson, Wyoming, only with a Southwest flair. 
I wandered around, got a lot of pictures in the twilight, and a few after dark.
