St. Francis of Assisi Church

After walking across the bridge, we headed back into town and toured the church at the Southern end of town:

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One thing that struck me as rather odd about the Catholic art found in all the places we visited in Taos as well as the St. Francis of Assisi Church is that they love to show Jesus crucified, bleeding profusely, suffering from a spear wound, etc. Basically blood spilling out everywhere. I realize that this is commonly shown in all aspects of Catholic art but here, in Taos, it is rather graphic. More than usual. I know this is suppose to be harsh reminder of the tragedy that befell the prophet but how are I supposed to have peace of mind waking up to that every day? If I were Catholic, that is. Anyway, just an observation, I don’t need the religious army coming down on me. You can keep those swords sheathed.

After visiting the church, we packed up the campsite and headed over to the Dragonfly Cafe for lunch. The menu is made up of local and organic produce when possible. Try the Curry Chicken Salad Sandwich sometime. Fantastic!

Tags: Taos

2 Comments to St. Francis of Assisi Church

1. 

   Hey Brooke,

   Nice photos! This is close to where I grew up. My favorite drive in Northern NM starts from my home town, Chimayo. It takes the high road to Taos which winds into the Sangre de Christo’s (the rockies basically) passing through lots of small towns along the way. Each with their own colonial style church. From Taos I head out to the gorge bridge (which fyi was the bridge used in Natural Born Killers) and due West on US64 towards Tres Piedras. This peaks out at Los Brazos cliffs http://www.sangres.com/nationalforests/brazoscliffs.htm - a spectacular view from the top and heads down into Tierra Amarrilla. If you head South you will run into the echo amphitheater point of interest. Its a natural amphitheater formation where you can play with echos. http://www.vivanewmexico.com/ghosts/echo.html
   Further south is Abiqueue Lake (home of Georgia O’Keefe).

   Now you’ve got me itching to buy a motorcycle again.

   Picked up on your site awhile back and check in from time to time. Glad to see you are doing well.

   btw - I’m still in AZ.

   -Gilbert

   p.s. Kerri is back stateside
Gilbert Martinez on August 12th, 2009
2. 

   Hey Gilbert. Good to hear from you. We will definitely check out those points of interest on our next trip down there. We were mostly interested in the city of Taos but didn’t make time for investigating the surrounding area. We definitely want to go back to do that. Beautiful area.

   See, this is a good excuse for you to pick up a motorcycle and do a little road trippin’ together.

   Yep, I saw that Kerri is back. Sent her a reply to her “we are in the States email”. No response yet.
Brooke Kuhlmann on August 13th, 2009

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