Tuesday 5 July 2016
Today we played Tourist. Drove about 90 miles up to the little ski town of Taos (think: North Conway with a lot of kokopellis and pottery). The town itself was a little to kitschy for us, but we did manage to find 2 breweries (shocking!) and an outdoor store with good stuff. Although they don't brew their own, we had some excellent local craft beers at
Taos Ale House - the unique burgers and fries made with duck fat were pretty damned good too (sorry puppies, we ate them ALL!!). That was enough touristy shit for us, so we headed north another 40 miles to Angel Fire, NM.
Angel Fire is home to the only state park dedicated solely to veterans of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park is really amazing - such beautiful grounds and tons of history, war-memorabilia and pictures inside - and a really cool story behind its building as well. Check it out here: https://www.vietnamveteransmemorial.org/
The state park isn't the only thing to see in Angel Fire. We happened to have also found our summer retirement location here (too much snow to stay for the winter). It is absolutely beautiful, with plenty of clean mountain air, green-as-Vermont mountains, a luxury RV park and a great new brewery -
Enchanted Circle. Our conclusion: Northern New Mexico has everything we could possibly want - mountains, trails, beer, friendly people with dogs & RVs, affordable land, and beautiful dry (no humidity!!) weather. Sign us up.
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| Huey at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
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| Main building at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial with the Angel Fire ski area in the background. |
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| Enchanted Circle Brewing |
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| Entryway of our RV Park in Santa Fe at Sunset |
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| Tonight's sunset in Santa Fe |
