Slideshow Index: On the Way Back Home

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• We took a different route home through Arizona on routes 77 and 60
• The road went through Oracle and Globe
• The Salt River Canyon is between Globe and Showlow
• It has some beautiful scenery along the way
• The road is a little scarey, but easy to drive
• A stop at a scenic viewpoint
• Victorian home in Showlow, an interesting tourist town in Northeastern Arizona
• A local recommended the Americas Pie Company for deserts
• Turned out to be a great little place
• Pie and icecream on a beautiful day
• Our proprietor, an interesting man
• Snowflake is between Showlow and Holbrook
• Approaching New Mexico between Holbrook and Gallup
• Northeastern Arizona
• Northwestern New Mexico
• The road between Santa Fe and Los Alamos, New Mexico
• Los Alamos is built on Mesas like these
• Kathy at the scenic stop
• Los Alamos is where the first atomic bombs were developed during World War II
• The Science Museum has a lot of history of the first A-Bombs and the town of Los Alamos
• About the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
• A display about computer development
• The post office
• The town was originally just a resort ranch
• This museum was part of the original ranch
• The museum behind the old ranch house
• This town supports about 9000 scientists and researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (Weapons development for the USA)
• Map showing relative location between Santa Fe and Taos
• History of the first A-Bomb
• It truly was an undercover operation
• Local historic building
• Between Los Alamos and Taos
• Kathy wanted the picture of the San Francisco sign in Taos
• Guests at Ed McKay's home in Taos, New Mexico
• We rented this place about 8 years ago in April
• It's a nice place to stay, and close to the Old Town
• Kathy at our motel in Taos
• This is a good place and inexpensive (for Taos)
• Motel entrance
• It's the El Peublo Lodge (highly recommended)
• We ate at this place in the previous visit with family
• Kathy at the Historic Taos Plaza
• Taos Plaza
• Bandstand
• It's still a bit cold in early April at 7000 feet
• Arnie refuses to put away the shorts worn in Arizona
• A map of the old town district
• Our lady of Guadalupe at a local Catholic Church
• Entertainment at the Taos Inn
• We were entertained here 8 years ago too
• The mountains of Colorado straight north of Taos, New Mexico
• We went into Colorado here and then headed east to Pueblo
• After a quick trip through Colorado, we're at Myrna's house in Harlan, Iowa
• Visiting family for supper
• LaDonna and Myrna
• Supper at Myrna's