Summer in Santa Fe

[Tom McKrackin]

Regular visitors to this region understand what writer D.H. Lawrence meant when he said, "Touch this country and you will never be the same again."

Santa Fe, New Mexico -- For flatlanders escaping sizzling temperatures, summer in Santa Fe means enjoying the cool, refreshing mornings and pleasant evenings that come with the city's elevation of 7,199 feet. Welcome to the state capital with the highest elevation. Founded in 1610, this is also the oldest state capital in the United States.

Summer is Santa Fe is an afternoon shower that blows in from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to bring a welcome respite from the summer sun as shoppers study the wares of street vendors in the Plaza, the heart of downtown Santa Fe.

Native American artists line the sidewalk in front of the Palace of the Governors which dates back to 1610. Custom jewelry and art are displayed on blankets and vendors can describe every detail about their particular craft.

Even the most ambitious visitors eventually learn to pace themselves because, if you include the St. Francis Dr./Railyard area and the loop of Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe is home to almost 1,000 unique boutiques and shops.

Along with shopping and spicy cuisine, art is another theme woven into the colorful fabric that is Santa Fe and the countless examples of public art are only a hint of what this city has to offer. With more than 250 art galleries to explore, only New York City can boast of more galleries.

Santa Fe has earned a reputation as one of the world's great art cities, although the local art scene dates back to humble beginnings in the 1920s when recently relocated painters Josef Bakos, Willard Nash, Will Shuster, Walter Mruk and Fremont Ellis began assembling simple adobe structures along Camino del Monte Sol. Jokingly calling themselves "five nuts in mud huts," all five were influential artists who launched a legacy that contemporary Santa Fe artists continue to expand.

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[LongJim]

Was up in Santa Fe last month.  Really cool town to visit.  That area is beautiful.  People are nice.  Everything's expensive.  Lots of weirdos.  Felt right at home.

[UNTLifer]

If you like the outdoors, golf, hiking and cool weather in the summer, then my "go to" spot in New Mexico is Cloudcroft.  Small town at about 9,000 feet.  I take my boys camping there every summer to escape the west Texas heat.  It is usually has a high in the low 70's and lows in the 40's in August.  It is a sleepy little down, so if you want more excitement you can head down the mountain about thirty miles to Ruidoso that has much more to do including horse racing.

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

If you like the outdoors, golf, hiking and cool weather in the summer, then my "go to" spot in New Mexico is Cloudcroft.  Small town at about 9,000 feet.  I take my boys camping there every summer to escape the west Texas heat.  It is usually has a high in the low 70's and lows in the 40's in August.  It is a sleepy little down, so if you want more excitement you can head down the mountain about thirty miles to Ruidoso that has much more to do including horse racing.

Great place!!! Like it much better than Ruidoso which is also another great place to visit. Family used to have a cabin in Ruidoso and we would try to take the "long-cut" and go through Cloudcroft every chance we could.

Can also recommend Capitan (Smoky Bear) and Lincoln (Billy the Kid) as okay place to visit if your in the area

Sadly a lot of the places in this area were hit hard this past year.

 

Edited June 28, 2021 by El Paso Eagle

[meangreen11]

Love me some Santa Fe.  Need to get back there soon.  Used to ski at Taos back in the day.

[ADLER]

I love New Mexico. It's a perfect combination of Tatooine and Afghanistan.

 

[ADLER]

 

I think it's a sad statement about the bleakness of New Mexico that not even one person realized that was a photograph taken by the Mars Rover.

[El Paso Eagle]

On 7/22/2021 at 12:14 AM, ADLER said:

 

I think it's a sad statement about the bleakness of New Mexico that not even one person realized that was a photograph taken by the Mars Rover.

Thought it might be near the lava fields

[ADLER]

8 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Thought it might be near the lava fields

I'm just goofing with everyone.

I have been just about everywhere and seen just about everything in New Mexico, except the ice cave, so I still have at least one reason to go back.