Semana Santa is a beautiful, dramatic dichotomy of solemnity and celebration that captures Spain's passion and essence. It's Holy Week with foil balloons.
Afternoon light painting across two wooden doors in an old adobe building in Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Neo-Romanesque Cathedral of St Francis (San Francisco de Asís) was built between 1869 and 1884 on a site occupied by several earlier churches. In a chapel on the north side is La Conquistadora, a figure of the Virgin brought from Spain.
Every Wednesday night during daylight savings time, you'll find upwards of 200 sailboats heading out onto Monterey bay for the Wednesday Night Beer Can Races. There no winner, just lots of fun, fast boats, and smiles all around.
Any good walking tour of Santa Fe would not be complete without a visit to Seret & Sons. Seret & Sons is a wonderful feast for the senses, featuring a wide variety of antique and hand crafted items from around the world.
A visit to Santa Fe would not be complete without a day trip to the high mountain art community of Taos, NM. There are several different ways to make your way to Taos but the very best way (as far as I'm concerned) is to take the "High Road".
Everywhere you turn in Santa Fe is another great scene to photograph, even in places you wouldn't expect.
Santa Cruz claims to be the real Surf City, what with Jack O'neill, the inventor of the wet suit living there, and the Duke first surfing there, but Huntington Beach outsmarted them by copyrighting the name Surf City USA. Read the following article by Rut
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site was the only fort along the Santa Fe trail between Missouri and Santa Fe.
Inside Bent's Old Fort near La Junta, Colorado.