Absolutely delightful piece on your journey through New Mexico! You captured the spirit of “Fanta-Se” and it surrounds! I lived there for seven years, and every day was a new opportunity to experience the surprise and magic of the area! Your piece has ignited my desire for an overdue visit! . It’s been too long! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🏜️
A wonderful read, thank you. Those Earthships remind me of the Barbapapa book where they build a house by pouring concrete around their bodies to get the round shapes!
Wake up babe, to use the quote from Seinfeld, “they’re real and they’re spectacular!”
I’m glad you think this is some “camp” exercise for we who have “earnestly” personally experienced it (just a touch patronizing, are we?) I mean do whatever you gotta do to feel comfy, but this is real, and it’s not going away.
Nice! New Mexico resident here! (I spent 3 years in Santa Fe and now live in Las Cruces. ) New Mexico is magical. The high road to Taos is spectacular. You hit a lot of the best stuff and some of my personal favorites! (The Folk Art Museum is AMAZING). Did you see the museum of miniatures in Roswell? Maybe next time if not ; )
I didn’t! We were only there for a day and spent it doing alien stuff. I hear the art museum there is great too, though it was temporarily closed, because of a flood I think.
Yes! That place is really cool too. It also doesn’t really follow *traditional* art rules—like it’s super crowded with art hung right at the floor and also super high… an artist residency program produces most of the work for it I think.
Carson your Substack is such a breath of fresh air. All of your entries are a delight and I get a feeling of pure joy from reading them that I don’t from most. In this era of everyone trying to sell you something or linking to a thousand recommends, your dispatches are a balm for my jangled soul.
Thanks so much for this. My niece is getting married in Taos this summer and we are planning a trip. Helpful to see your recommendations. Especially excited about the Girard connection. Great memories for you and Hank!
Lovely photographs and even better words. What a great trip.
P.S. Bandelier is, I think, one of the (many) truly fine out-of-the-way spots on the North American Continent worth going to, spending time in, and simply attempting to take in its enormity in the time one spends there (which always seems to be too limited).
You really know how to make a trip amazing... what fantastic places to explore in the Land of Enchantment. I went to FantaSe (as we took to calling it) with my book club a few years back. Some of our highlights were the Pueblo in Taos (continuously inhabited for over 1000 years), seeing the Rio Grande gorge, the Georgia OKeefe museum, and the charming artsy town of Madrid (an old mining town turned artist refuge, with lots of small galleries in various states of activity) along the Turquoise Trail. Now I want to go back and stay in an EarthShip and visit that folk museum for SURE! Also, I love your map drawing. The lone cow and tumbleweed illustrate a long stretch of road on a desert road trip so perfectly! Thank you for the inspiration (I don't know exactly how it will manifest, but I always feel recharged after reading one of your posts). <3
Thanks! I was really sad to miss the Georgia O’Keefe museum. And Taos Pueblo which was closed until April. So close! We have to go back. There was so much good stuff to do.
Chimayo is pretty wonderful
Absolutely delightful piece on your journey through New Mexico! You captured the spirit of “Fanta-Se” and it surrounds! I lived there for seven years, and every day was a new opportunity to experience the surprise and magic of the area! Your piece has ignited my desire for an overdue visit! . It’s been too long! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🏜️
A wonderful read, thank you. Those Earthships remind me of the Barbapapa book where they build a house by pouring concrete around their bodies to get the round shapes!
Wake up babe, to use the quote from Seinfeld, “they’re real and they’re spectacular!”
I’m glad you think this is some “camp” exercise for we who have “earnestly” personally experienced it (just a touch patronizing, are we?) I mean do whatever you gotta do to feel comfy, but this is real, and it’s not going away.
https://youtu.be/qNXXf7Bpgs0?si=H-b3G9Pvo6vlCMhl
https://youtu.be/Rpl0FrdJWfs?si=tqcBpA65YII04fb0
Nice! New Mexico resident here! (I spent 3 years in Santa Fe and now live in Las Cruces. ) New Mexico is magical. The high road to Taos is spectacular. You hit a lot of the best stuff and some of my personal favorites! (The Folk Art Museum is AMAZING). Did you see the museum of miniatures in Roswell? Maybe next time if not ; )
I didn’t! We were only there for a day and spent it doing alien stuff. I hear the art museum there is great too, though it was temporarily closed, because of a flood I think.
Yes! That place is really cool too. It also doesn’t really follow *traditional* art rules—like it’s super crowded with art hung right at the floor and also super high… an artist residency program produces most of the work for it I think.
Wow!
Carson your Substack is such a breath of fresh air. All of your entries are a delight and I get a feeling of pure joy from reading them that I don’t from most. In this era of everyone trying to sell you something or linking to a thousand recommends, your dispatches are a balm for my jangled soul.
That’s so nice. Thank you.
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Thanks for the report from the land of enchantment!
Thanks so much for this. My niece is getting married in Taos this summer and we are planning a trip. Helpful to see your recommendations. Especially excited about the Girard connection. Great memories for you and Hank!
The Girard collection is probably my favorite museum exhibit of all time. So good!
Same! If I had to choose one exhibit to revisit again and again for the rest of my life, it would be that one.
✨ I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! ✨
Lovely photographs and even better words. What a great trip.
P.S. Bandelier is, I think, one of the (many) truly fine out-of-the-way spots on the North American Continent worth going to, spending time in, and simply attempting to take in its enormity in the time one spends there (which always seems to be too limited).
You really know how to make a trip amazing... what fantastic places to explore in the Land of Enchantment. I went to FantaSe (as we took to calling it) with my book club a few years back. Some of our highlights were the Pueblo in Taos (continuously inhabited for over 1000 years), seeing the Rio Grande gorge, the Georgia OKeefe museum, and the charming artsy town of Madrid (an old mining town turned artist refuge, with lots of small galleries in various states of activity) along the Turquoise Trail. Now I want to go back and stay in an EarthShip and visit that folk museum for SURE! Also, I love your map drawing. The lone cow and tumbleweed illustrate a long stretch of road on a desert road trip so perfectly! Thank you for the inspiration (I don't know exactly how it will manifest, but I always feel recharged after reading one of your posts). <3
Thanks! I was really sad to miss the Georgia O’Keefe museum. And Taos Pueblo which was closed until April. So close! We have to go back. There was so much good stuff to do.
What a great post! And with all the photos I felt like I was there too :) Thank you for sharing your trip.