SPECIAL NOTE: The maximum number has been reached for this tour. A wait list has been started and will be activated should original registrants withdraw from the tour. Other Santa Fe touring options are being researched for those unable to be accommodated; these options will be provided in a future “All Member” emailing.” Questions? Contact Kit Goodwin at
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
SHD members will leave the La Fonda Hotel for various historical sites in scenic Northern New Mexico. The tour will be led by former SHD president and current Santa Fe resident Dennis Reinhartz and David Farmer, formerly the director of the DeGolyer Library at SMU in Dallas and now a resident of the Taos region. There is a separate fee for this tour. Seating is limited to the first 47 people to register.See Meeting Registration Form.
The itinerary for the tour is:
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Santa Fe to Taos via the “old” or “high road” (US 285 and NM 503, 76, 75, and 68) to Taos
SF Opera and Flea Market • Tesuque Pueblo–Camel Rock • Pojoaque Pueblo • Nambe Pueblo • Chimayo • Truchas • Las Trampas • Picurus–Pueblo Revolt • Dixon--wineries • Rio Grande • Taos
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Great Gorge of the Rio Grande
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Taos Pueblo
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch at the Farmers’ residence in El Prado
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Taos Plaza
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Taos to SF (NM 68 and US 285)
Rancho de Taos–St. Francis of Assisi Church • Embudo Station • Black Mesa—wineries • Ok Owenje (San Juan) Pueblo—first capital of New Mexico and oldest church • Espanola–United Farm Workers • Road to Los Alamos
