Day 10 - Santa Fe NM to Los Alamos NM

A cool crisp morning start from Santa Fe. The first picture is an attempt to show how New Mexico designs their overpasses using the adobe theme. Really cool. We decided to take a scenic drive loop around Taos. Just before we got to Taos we saw a sign warning of elk crossing the road in this area. Just after that we had an animal cross in front of us but it wasn't an elk, it was a bear. He was going at full speed from the left side so I honked and hit the brakes. He kept coming so I did more of same, but harder. The brakes just won out but we both had a scare. Continued on the scenic drive and found some high country with ski lodges and some snow still on the mountains. Drove through a high country valley with a lake in the middle. After the scenic loop we went on to Los Alamos and toured the Bradbury museum, which told the story of building the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan. While in the area we went to the Bandolier National Monument, which was about some early cliff dwellers in this area. By then we were too tired to continue so came back to Los Alamos for the night. My new camera that I got for the Elderhostel broke today so will see if I can get it repaired tomorrow. Fortunately brought my old one along.