Driving Around Santa Fe and the Mora River Valley.

Santa Fe was interesting. But, some of the downtown seemed more commercial touriste' like Taos. Taos didn't do much for me. If I had a ton of money to spend, then yes, I could have had some fun. Instead of wandering Santa Fe City proper, which had no parking, I hit the back roads. I got some tips from my friends there and headed back North and then East and made a loop through the Mora River Valley and then down south of Hwy 25 to Villanueva. At times I thought I was stepping back in time. When I got back on 25 heading to Santa Fe for the night, the wind and haze was nuts. When you mix the dust with the smoke of the forest fires west of us, which you could smell, it made the visibility pretty bad. From what I saw around Villanueva I will probably head back through there on the way out of Santa Fe.