On day three of my girlfriend trip to New Mexico, we started at the Petroglyph National Monument, where we walked some trails and took about a million photos of the ancient drawings. It was unfortunate to find that some folks are destroying these treasures by adding their own drawings and initials to the volcanic rocks.
Afterwards we headed out towards Taos, admiring the beautifully constructed and painted highway infrastructure along the way.
We made an unplanned stop in Pojoaque, NM, where we learned about the Di Wae Powa “They Came Back”, or the return of the 100 Tewa pots. Over the years the Tewa tribe’s pots that were discovered were moved to the Smithsonian’s Indian Museum for storage. Beginning in 2015, the Poeh Museum Staff, along with Tewa representatives, began the process of reclaiming some of those pots and returning them to their home, in Pojoaque.
Lunch was at Sopaipilla Factory Restaurant also in Pojoaque.
After checking in to El Pueblo Lodge we drove to Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, where we walked the bridge, took lots of photos and then walked along the edge of the gorge.
Later that evening, we dropped in to The Alley Cantina for some chips, salsa, queso and fried mushrooms – yum! – and margaritas (not as fabulous as 12 Street, but still good).
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