It would have been so easy to send a lot of money today as there are amazing shops in old Santa Fe. Sculptures, jewelry, clothes and art were in abundance. Ed and I wandered into a couple of shops but showed restraint by spending most of our time visiting the historical sites. As expected the older buildings are all constructed from adobe and wood. One of the highlights of the day was visiting the Georgia O'Keefe museum. She is a painter that was born in Wisconsin, spent a good deal of time in New York City but found her true home in New Mexico painting desert scenes. On our way to the museum is a store selling photographs. What a wonderful surprise to see photographs by Ansel Adams, Weston, Karsh, and Annie Leibovitz. We also found one more very interesting store --- a doggy bakery; no they don't bake dogs they bake dog biscuits. Guess who got a couple of cookies.

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A shot looking down one of the streets in the "plaza" looking at the St. Francis Cathedral

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Inside St. Francis Cathedral looking at the main door.

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San Miguel Mission, claimed to be the oldest church in the the United States. From Wikipedia "Built between approximately 1610 and 1626. Though the church has been repaired and rebuilt numerous times over the years, its original adobe walls are still largely intact despite having been hidden by later additions." Down the street on the left is the oldest house in Santa Fe.

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Santuario de Gualaupe which was built in 1781