We were in Santa Fe, New Mexico in early August, 2022, meeting up with one of our sons and his wife, primarily to attend a couple of performances at the open air opera.
Santa Fe is a typical tourist town with over priced everything, but a very pleasant place to visit, although it was warmer than the pre-trip weather forecast indicated. The old town atmosphere is charming, with lots of shops, street vendors and activity. I usually had the task of waiting with our labradoodle, while my wife shopped. Some stores allow dogs inside, some do not.
This portion of our trip was not conducive to photography activity, so I have only a few iPhone photographs to share. The image above was made prior to the first opera performance we attended. The mustache on the stage might give away the performance: “The Barber of Seville”.
The sun sets behind the stage and it was spectacular at the beginning of this first event. The second night’s sunset, during the early portion of “Carmen”, was not so great. Even though this facility is covered, it is open. We were expecting cooler temperatures at night, but it was still quite warm in the audience area.
One afternoon we went to the Meow Wolf art display, which is a rather wacky place.
There are numerous good museums in and around Santa Fe. The only one we went through is the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
This museum had many beautiful pieces of pottery, old and modern, on display with historical information.
There were other museums that looked interesting, but we did have time to visit those on this trip.
On to Colorado next,
Ken
I like the stage setting at the opera.
And also the Meow Wolf art display. Looks like some strange surreal world.
That ‘Under The Sea’ shot is awesome! I hear people comment about how expensive everything is in Santa Fe quite often.