From there the groups separated and we visited the small local casino. It was our lucky day, I doubled my money and Ted won $4.00! We left the casino and visited the San Francisco De Asis Church. The adobe mission church was built between 1813 and 1815 and they still have daily mass and three on Sundays! It is a beautiful church.
It rained most of the night last night and when we got up this morning there was snow on the mountain tops! It was cool all day today. We went to breakfast with the other two couples and another couple they know, Kim and Sandy. Ted and I had a sinful cinnamon roll!
After breakfast Ted and I drove the 90 something mile ride around the Enchanted Circle. We started off in Taos through the Carson National Forest and over the mountains. We drove through beautiful pines and down into Angel Fire, a ski resort at 8420' in a beautiful meadow. It was a cute but very small town. The next stop was the town of Eagle Nest at 8258'. I tried to get a picture of the Eagle Nest Lake but it was too blurry! We followed the Red River and over the Bobcat Pass at 9820'. We saw a beautiful group of wild turkeys. Red River was a little bigger town and we would have had lunch there if we weren't still stuffed from our you-know-what! We were now in a rocky mountain area with red, yellow and gold rocks. Questa was the last town and it was the least impressionable. It was a beautiful drive. The snow was still at a higher elevation and 49 degrees at our highest point!
Tomorrow we leave Taos and are headed for the Grand Canyon South Rim. We have a reservation for Sunday and Monday nights. They are booked solid on Tuesday. Not sure where we will stay tomorrow night.
Meeting new people and sightseeing..."Ain't Life Grand!"
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