Great Sand Dunes National Monument in the San Juan Valley. Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background.

big crowd at Taos festival. Long traffic jams. Drove 16 mi south to find raft trip meeting site instead of staying in town.

found this great restaurant 26 mi south of Taos on Rt 68. Embardo Station, pop. 21, on the Rio Grande River.

moved inside for dinner because it was too cold to sit outside.