Adventure Ride

Post date: Aug 1, 2015 12:31:37 AM

Last evening two of us went to a Lecture/Demonstration/Concert given by instructors of the Taos School of Music at the St. Bernard Hotel in Taos Ski Valley, which houses the musicians. Except we did not know where we were going. If you like to drive on steep winding roads, this is the place for you! Google Maps suggested it was 18 minutes from Taos. The winding starts in Arroyo Seco, a couple of kinks in the road up to Taos Ski Valley. The older areas of this valley were laid out for walkers, not drivers of big cars!

I had been up there once before. That time I drove to the last place on the road, The Bavarian, which I confused with St. Bernard last evening. The roads are not in good condition, and we drove a few minutes past the last habited place before we realized that there had not been traffic on that road for quite a while, and certainly no concert, beyond. So we turned around.

The St. Bernard is on the opposite side of the valley from the entry road, and the roads in the village are under construction and largely closed. We never did find a way to drive there, so parked in the lot and walked. Despite the 20 minute side trip we arrived just before the event started and got front row seats. We had a good time and learned about a Brahms piano quartet, in addition to learning some of the roads.

The plasterers have been preparing the metal lath for next Monday. It passed inspection today with the comment that it was the neatest job the inspector had seen. (Bless you Julie. It was her birthday.) They finished this afternoon as the rain started.

The sand and plaster were delivered today. I dug and lined the ‘lime pit’ to keep the wash water from polluting the ground. That was more of a job than I thought because the soil was clay with embedded rocks and very hard to dig.