Taos Pueblo, Taos

We fortunately arrived here 2 weeks after they had ceased being closed for several years due to COVID. It was a spectacular experience overall -- to walk around this ancient site, to hear the history and the details of life here -- all fascinating and beautiful! An image from there is now my phone's wall paper. Guided tours are given by young Native American women. We ate delicious Frye Bread burgers there cooked for us in a small pueblo home. Recommended.

Great. What a beautiful community, and how lucky that the residents are willing to share it with us. The first tribe member I encountered was man in a pickup truck who was working the main drive with a shovel cutting drainage ways. He said, "Hello! Welcome to our home." Each of the residents I met was friendly and polite. Most were folks who had little shops in the front room of their homes, and were selling either hand made items like jewelry, or pottery, or were selling food. Some, both. The only thing I didn't like was the sign that said, "Please don't pet the animals." It was difficult to refrain from greeting the dogs and cats we encountered. But, their home; their rules.