One of the joys of traveling in our RV has been the chance to enjoy local fresh fruits and vegetables. With Summer in full swing we have been able to sample nature’s bounty. Staring with the small ripe apricots that were growing wild by the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks at our Durango,Colorado campground we scooped up the sweet tastes that come with fresh ripe fruit.
We had left the Durango, Colorado area after a week of camping in one of our favorite western towns and we drove southwest for several hours with a lunch stop in Cortez, CO within view of Mesa Verde National Park and the Sleeping Ute Mountain. As we headed south the landscape dramatically changed, with the mountains being replaced by long flat vistas of buttes and mesas peppering a treeless dry dessert.
Leaving Santa Fe we drove through Española up New Mexico 68, stopping in the little town of Dixon along the way for a cup of coffee. We found one at the grocery/ deli/ town gathering place—you couldn’t miss it for the front end of an old car emerging from the wall of the building OVER the entrance.
We love the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Most people think of it as an arty town, but there are so many activities going on during the Summer. The Santa Fe Opera has returned, people are going to the farmers market at the Railyard (which we adore)
Three years ago on a previous RV trip, I had spent a week at Ghost Ranch taking a watercolor workshop. When an opportunity arose to return for a Fourth of July weekend I took full advantage of it.
During the 1540’s after hearing rumors that there were cities of gold in northern New Spain (present day New Mexico), Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and a group of soldiers set out on a quest of discovery to find what was known as “The Seven Cities of Gold“.
