Hard Weekend

It is late on Sunday evening after a hard weekend at work.

We are in Taos, NM for an amateur radio convention for the 4 state area. There were hams from all over. One guy was from Wyoming and he said it was a nice drive, only 300 miles across Colorado and he did not live too far from the state line. People do not talk in miles, they talk in hours, something is only 3 or 4 hours away. It is hard to realize that 100 miles does not get you very far in this wide open country with deserts and mountains. Of course they are talking about driving at least the speed limit which is 75mph on most major roads. On 2 lane roads they cut you back to 65 or if in the mountains 55 with 25 or 30 mph curves. But that is not for us in a motor home towing a full sized van.

This is a beautiful area which has been inhabited continuously for over 1000 years. There is a lot of history here, even a Civil War battle fought locally. I did not realize the Civil War got into this area.

The old part of town is not very big. The streets are narrow and all of the buildings are stucco, as is most of the buildings in the area. There are lots of murals depicting some beautiful scenes of the area.

The photos are of the Convention Center as well as a mural from downtown and an old Australian military vehicle that has been converted into a portable radio station for emergency use by the local amateur radio club.

Our week end was very successful but tiring as we worked a lot of hours, 10:30 to 6 on Friday, 8 to 6 on Saturday and 8 til noon on Sunday.

All in all, we had a good time, met a lot of very nice people from all over the area.

It is off on a day trip tomorrow to see the sights in the surrounding area.