Posts Tagged ‘Santa Fe’

Day 8 of Road Trip Takes Us to Arizona Border Crossing and Visit to Meteor Crater

The glorious Meteor Crater where Apollo astronauts trained for the moon.

Day 8 of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip featured a visit to the nation’s oldest house and church and then onto a major drive to the world’s most famous crater on our way to the day’s final destination, the Grand Canyon.

OLDEST HOUSE AND CHURCH IN U.S. DISAPPOINTING

We bid farewell to Santa Fe with a lightning quick visit to the oldest house and church in the United States, both of which are literally right across from each other and both of which are barely worth more than a photo op to brag you were there.  You can’t go inside or even peek through the window of “oldest house” (built in 1646) and as for the oldest church (built 1610) it is covered with scaffolds and construction right now.  The kids liked knowing they had visited both buildings because they are the “oldest” things in their categories but you could easily skip them.

In front of all you see in front of the oldest house in the United States.

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Day 7 of Road Trip takes us to NM’s Las Golondrinas living history ranch and Sante Fe

The main patio area of Las Golondrinas, which dates back to the 1700's.

The main residence patio area of Las Golondrinas, which dates back to the 1700's.

Day 7 of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip was highlighted by a visit to El Rancho de Las Golondrinas (Ranch of the Swallows), a visit to the Georgia O’Keefe Museum and some leisurely walking and dining in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT LAS GOLONDRINAS

Briani, Jonathan and Elena get some corn mashing tips from Las Golondrinas village guide Javier.

Las Golondrinas is a 200-acre, living history museum located in a rural farming valley just south of Santa Fe.

The museum, dedicated to the heritage and culture of Spanish Colonial, New Mexico, features original colonial buildings that date from the early 18th century.

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