We left late to get better lighting for photos. The sky turned stormy and rain burst clouds were scattered across the horizon. I stopped to take photos on a number of occasions...taking images across the horizon so I can experiment with creating some panoramas.We went through towns such as Trampas and Truchas. We made our way down to Chimayo, but the lighting was too poor for photos. We got a bit confused trying to find some of the highways/roads to Nambe. Not until later did we determine that our map was old and some of the roads had been renamed. Our confusion resulted in delaying the journey.
We got to the Nambe Falls entrance at 6:22 PM. They close the Falls to new visitors at 6 PM. So, we were turned away by the Nambe Pueblo Reservation security who control entry. Bummer.
We discovered you have to pay to enter, $8 per vehicle, and...$5/camera. The camera fee is the same deal at Taos Pueblo. I know they want to make money, but a camera fee? Why not just include it in the entry fee?
At this point we are near Espanola. We've got about an hour drive to Taos and it's now about 7 PM. Vicki is "hungry" now, but we decide to dine in Taos. The sunset was spectacular on the way back.
We stopped at 5 Star Burgers, which is a couple of miles south of the Plaza. The burgers were great. We were two of 4 or 5 customers. We watched the only football game they could get on the TV, the Chicago Bears vs. the Indianapolis Colts.
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