September 24-27, 2015
We arrived to a beautiful sky sunset in the region where artist
Georgia O’Keefe loved to paint the red rock landscapes of New
Mexico. Our friends Lee and Shelby Leonard from Dixon, NM drove up along with
their dog Freckles to camp with us and have a sail with their wooden dory here at Abiquiu Lake. We had christened JR’s dory on its maiden launch in the Florida Everglades years prior with them when we first met.
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| The two dories beneath Cerro Pedernal (Flint Mountain) out on Abiquiu Lake was the best sailing JR has ever had in his dory he claims. |
On top of Kitchen Mesa, with the legendary mountain
Pedernal in the background. Georgia O’Keefe made many paintings of Pedernal and
the desert landscape canyons around Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu where she once
lived.
We enjoyed three days visiting together with the Leonards
between Abiquiu, Taos, and at their lovely southwestern adobe home they had
designed and built themselves on their three acres. We were treated to homemade
pizza one evening and breakfast burritos to die for one morning all made from
scratch for us.
JR and I drove to Taos and walked the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, enjoyed a craft fair held in the park and strolled around the plaza.
Taos was
celebrating an evening of lighting
creativity to honor the artists who have set up studios and galleries in town
during the past 100 years. Lee and Shelby joined us for dinner and a stroll
around town that night as we all enjoyed a throw back to the ‘60s with music and
artists light creations beneath a full moon over Taos.
