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The sunset near Lake Isabelle in the Indian Peaks.

The view east (taken around the same time) with clouds in the valley below Lake Isabelle.
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The bottom five photos: (1) another view of the sunset near Lake Isabelle, (2) Lake Isabelle with Navajo, Apache and Shashoni Peaks in the background, taken slightly before the sky caught on fire, (3) Sarah descending Pawnee Pass (a 12,500 ft. high path across the Continental Divide), (4) Sarah and I enjoying the sunset, and (5) me climbing Pawnee Pass.
October 22, 2005 | Permalink | Categories: Colorado, Indian Peaks Wilderness, Lake Isabelle
The road leading to the plaza in downtown Santa Fe, where a little stone slab marks the end of the Santa Fe Trail. The cathedral at the end of the street is St. Francis Cathedral, which was never adorned with spires as originally intended.

St. Francis of Assisi - a Catholic basilica south of Taos, New Mexico. Missionaries founded the church in 1610 - 10 years before the pilgrims established themselves at Plymouth Rock. The oldest church in the US is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, right next to the oldest house in the US.

Another view of the adobe cathedral.

An alley across from the public plaza in Taos, New Mexico.

The Rio Grande Gorge from the Rio Grande Bridge.

The Rio Grande Bridge with the Sangre De Christo mountains and Taos Ski Resort in the background. Wheeler Peak, the tallest mountain in New Mexico (at 13,161 ft.), can barely be seen in this photo behind Vallecito Mountain (center).