We spent 2 nights in Santa Fe and then drove 65 miles to Albuquerque for our final night. While we were in Santa Fe we took a local history tour and then wandered around the City Plaza for a while on our own. Santa Fe is steeped in history and art, so it is a fun place to visit.
San Miguel Chapel or Mission is the oldest church in the United States
The Palace of Governors is the oldest continually used seat of Government in the US. Native venders line the sidewalk there. A unique barred window used old gun barrels for the bars.
Loretto Church has a miraculous spiral staiway built without structural support
Settlement statue recognizing the contributions of the European settlers
St Francis Cathedral with its statue to the first Native American Saint
Kateri Terkakwitha, a Mohawk dressed here in local fashion.
The Museum of Art
We arrived in Albuquerque in the afternoon and took a stroll along the Rio Grande and a drive along Rt 66 ending with dinner in an old diner on the route.
Our flight was not until 2 pm, so we made one last stop on the trip at
the National Atomic Energy Museum
It was sobering to see how prepared the US has been during our lifetime to launch nuclear weapons
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