1. 2013
2 4 T H - 2 7 T H
JANUARY
MORE SKIING
ABOVE IS THE SUNSET
LEFT IS SUNRISE THE NEXT DAY
WE HEADED TO SIPAPU SKI AREA
WE MISSED RUFUS... THERE
IS A VERY BASIC HILL WITH REALLY GOOD BURGERS!
WAS A RUN CALL ROOFUS

3. SKIING
THE
BLUES!
SIPAPU
1. VERY AFFORDABLE
2. GREAT FOR FAMILIES
THE KIDS FUN TO WATCH
3. QUAINT
4. GOOD SNOW
5. MAC AND GARY AND LINDA
TOAST TO GOOD FRIENDS
6. WE MET ALAN AND
AMANDA FROM THE AREA
7. MAC HELPS KID GET BACK
TO HIS LESSON

4. THE LAST DAY IN TAOS LINDA
TOURED THE TAOS PUEBLO OF THE
RED WILLOW PEOPLE. THE PUEBLO
BUILDING TO THE RIGHT IS OVER
1000 YEARS OLD.
JESSE WINTER THE TOUR GUIDE IS
IN HIS 20’S AND VOLUNTEERS TO DO
THE TOURS.
THIS IS THE OLDEST
CONTINUOUS
COMMUNITY IN THE
NORTH AMERICA

5. THE SAN GERONIMO CHURCH BUILT IN 1850, IS THE YOUNGEST BUILDING THE RED
OF THE PUEBLO. IT IS THE HOME OF THE “SANTO VIRGIN MARY”. WILLOW PEOPLE
Are named such because of the
Red Willow Plant that grows on
either side of the Red Willow
Creek that provides water for
the pueblo. Everything is kept as
it was a thousand years ago with
the exception of propane. There
is no running water, all water is
hauled from the river in
traditional pots. There is no
electricity. The language and
THE SMALL DOME SHAPE traditions are all oral, nothing is
IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE written. They practice
IS A BAKING OVEN Catholicism as well as their
CALLED A HORNO. THEY native traditions. They have
BAKE BREAD, PASTRIES,
great reverence for all faiths.
AND LARGE PORTIONS
OF GAME, AND VEGGIES
FOR CELEBRATIONS.
THE SANGRE DE CHRISTO MOUNTAINS BEHIND THE PUEBLO ARE SACRED
GROUNDS AND HOUSE THE BLUE LAKE WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF WILLOW
CREEK. THIS LAND WAS RETURNED TO THE RED WILLOW PEOPLE AFTER 64
YEARS OF COURT BATTLES. THEY FINALLY WON THEIR SACRED LAND BACK
UNDER THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION ACT UNDER PRESIDENT NIXON.

6. THE ORIGINAL SAN GERONIMO CHURCH WAS
BUILT IN 1619 BY SPANISH PRIESTS AND
FORCED INDIAN LABOR. IT WAS DESTROYED
IN 1690. IT WAS REBUILT IN 1706 AGAIN BY
THE SPANISH AND NATIVES. IN 1847 THERE
WAS ANOTHER NATIVE REVOLT. THIS ONE WAS
SUPPRESSED BUY THE US GOVERNMENT. MANY WOMAN
AND CHILDREN HID IN THIS CHURCH WHICH WAS
AGAIN DESTROYED ALL INSIDE DIED. IT THEN BECAME
A GRAVE YARD.

7. THE
RIO GRANDE
ABOVE THE RED WILLOWS
WE ARE LEAVING TAOS
GOING BACK TO SANTA FE
TO DROP OFF MAC