Last Day in Taos

Today was our final day with Blue Sky Adventures travel group before we arrive at Philmont Scout Ranch. We had a 6:30 wake up call with breakfast a very nice breakfast of pancakes or french toast, eggs, bacon, sausage and every other breakfast item you could think of! The crew hit the road early around 7:30 this morning and headed out to a massive bridge that spanned across the Rio Grande river gorge that we had white water rafted down just a day before. We took a very nice group picture on the bridge with the rising sun and sprawling gorge in the background.

After looking off the bridge down 500 feet to the Rio Grande below we walked down the road a little ways and meet up with out mountain biking tour guides who got us all fitted with bikes, helmets, and water bottles. Our guides then explained the importance of shifting and when and how to at certain times. They also covered basic rules of the course and do and don'ts for our own personal safety. We rode about a ten mile trail and ended at the bottom where we all had an amazing lunch prepared for us by the guides! They made sandwiches with fresh cut ingredients and vegetables such as sprouts avocado tomato pepper, and so much more!

After lunch and biking we said thank you and goodbye to our mountain biking guides and headed to Taos Pueblo. Taos Pueblo is the only sovereign nation within the United States. The families who currently live on the reservation actually have their dual citizenship for the US and the Taos Pueblo! We learned much information about the small country from our guide who lived off the pueblo but had a family within the walls of the pueblo. One of the most beautiful buildings was their church which was constructed in 1850. The previous church that the pueblo people used was demolished in acts of war twice and since so much death had occurred there the Taos Pueblo natives decided to make it into the pueblo's graveyard.

After we all had some free time to roam around the tourist shows within Taos Pueblo we jumped back on the bus where we took off for downtown Taos. Here we roamed around the shops, got ice cream, and enjoyed the difference in culture that was apparent. Once we had our fill of shopping for the day we headed back to the hotel around 3:30 and relaxed until dinner at 6. Most of us went swimming took a nap or watched some television. Dinner was in the hotel tonight we ordered 8 pizza hut pizzas, 3 dozen wings, and mounds of bread sticks! we all ate as much as we possibly could without bursting! which was good cause it was our last meal before Philmont! After dinner many of us went to the movies next to the hotel and either saw cars 2 or zookeeper. The movies were very funny and entertaining and a pleasent break from everything that was happening. Thursday we travel to Philmont in the morning and are all very excited! good bye for now.
-Crew 201-