We started the day with this view from the trailer.
St. Francis of Assisi Church, located 4 miles south of Taos, was built about 1710. It took 45 years to complete.
Taos Plaza
Taos Pueblo is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in the US. These 5-story structures have been combined apartments and fortresses for over 1,000 years. The buildings are made entirely of adobe and have no electricity or running water. Approximately 30 families occupy the pueblo today.
Hlaauma (North House) - the buildings are actually many individual homes built side by side and in layers with common walls and no connecting doorways.
Adobe structures require frequent maintenance. At least 6 teams of workers were busily replacing and repairing adobe surfaces on the North House.
San Geronimo Church was built in 1850 as part of the Taos Pueblo.
View from Rio Grande Gorge Bridge (NW of Taos)
The Earthship Community is located NW of Taos, just beyond the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. It provided a view of a new life style. The demonstration Earthship (visitor center) is a "totally off the grid" home. It's built from recycled materials: scrap tires, cardboard, cans and bottles ... it's solar powered and is passivley heated and cooled. It uses innovative catch water, grey water and black water systems.
The visitor center was closed, but we could look around at some pretty unusual stuff.
Earthship visitor center
Another Earthship home - under construction
Earthship visitor center out buildings - we don't know their function
Another Earthship home - very little shows above ground.Did you know?
Kit Carson came to Taos when he was 16. Taos was his headquarters and home until his death in 1868.
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