Be sure to take the old "high road" from Santa Fe to Taos which take you through Chimayo (be sure to have lunch at Rancho de Chimayo) then on to Truchas, Trampas and finally on to Ranchos de Taos (be sure to stop and photograph the St Francis de Asis church, made famous by Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keefe) and finally to Taos. Have dinner at the Taos Inn. The old "high road" trip will take from 4-5 hours depending upon how many stops you make -- and I do recommend you stop often! Whereas the highway from Taos to Santa Fe is only 1 1/2 hrs. All in all, a nice day trip.

Cheers,

MJS

At 06:01 PM 1/13/99 -0500, John Rodgers wrote:

>-- [ From: John Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --

>

>Will be departing for New Mexico ----Santa Fe --- in 3 or 4 days. Will be

>taking I-40 from Memphis to Albuqueque. Major cities will be Little Rock and

>Ft. Smith, Arkansas;  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Amarrilla, TX. At Clintons

>Corner on I 40 will take US 285 north to Santa Fe.

>

> Would appreciate hearing from any list members along my route, of any

>vanagon maintenance specialists along my entire route, and any cautions I

>might need to observe.

>

>Also, any recommended "must see' points along the way.

>

>Thanks,

>

>John Rodgers

>"88 GL Driver

>On the way back to Alaska at last....but via New Mexico!!!

>

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Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

Open Market, Inc.

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