Dining, santa fe to woodward, ok.

Evening sky coming into Woodward, Oklahoma. Ate like a pig at big Dan's steakhouse, where food happens fast.

Santa fe was white with snow and red with the best chili I've ever tasted. It took 33 years but I finally made it to the Shed (superb chili and tequila) and to the bistro at la casa sena (Broadway vocals and great piano man). Enjoyed the Huey gallery on Palace ave, speaking with Keith Huey and seeing early Scott Christianson plein air oils, as well as continuing my survey of pueblo pottery at the legitimate Andrea Fisher gallery. 

Left the Nedra Matteucci gallery through the side garden gate. Couldnt take the chance that my soaking wet 4  legged companion would shake off on a half million dollar painting or two. ( matter of a duck pond in the sculpture garden).

Then off to Taos via Chimayo and the high road for green chili stew and textile shopping. Pictured above: church in Chimayo.

Helped kick off a jazz fest in taos and hit the road for the oxygen rich okie atmosphere.

Gallup flea market - pinon to pig

Gallup flea market; big and dusty and bold. Hay for sale. Get your eats. Spend the day.

 Fresh crop of pinon nuts out of the Navajo Nation. Roasted. Salted. Eat em like sunflower seeds.

Pigs for sale. Also tools, clothes, shoes, music cd's, jewelry. Lots of tires.

Anywhere, west of Albuquerque. Lots of grass, but no cattle in sight.

Hotel view of cathedral: Snowy impression, Santa Fe november morning

Gallup lullaby

Route 66 lodging in Gallup, NM is located along the main line.  At 6900 ft above sea level, Gallup is the epicenter of native/pueblo art.  Earls restaurant is a good place to meet local artisans.  Richardson's has a wide selection dating back 103 years. Perry nulls is a good stop. South of town on the way to zia, Joe _______'s had good value. 

These rocks guard the entrance to acoma 's sky pueblo.

The pueblo sits 400 feet above the valley floor on a mesa.