We’ve been visiting Georgia O’Keefe’s painting spots: Echo Amphitheatre, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu Lake, and the quaint town of Abiquiu. I’ve been painting quite a bit but needed to get back to civilization to check in with students. We’ll be heading to AZ tomorrow.
Echo Amphitheatre is a great place to sing or play the flute as well as paint. The campground was closed for renovation but the host allowed us to dry camp so I could get up early to paint. A large painting group showed up later in the day to watercolor. Maya “waved” on the concrete and did a bit of schoolwork.
Ghost Ranch has many things to see: walking tours of O’Keefe’s favorite painting spots (but not of her home there), the “ghost house”, anthropology museum and dig, art displays, and gift shops, of course. It’s a convention center owned by the Presbyterian Church.
The log cabin near the Ranch entrance was used for the movie, City Slickers.
At the Abiquiu Inn, we ate a wonderful meal of chicken enchiladas. In New Mexico, you ask for red or green chili on your enchiladas rather than “enchilada sauce”. Every restaurant we visit we try the enchiladas and LOVE them. They’re at least as good as El Tapitio in Oregon.