Turquoise Trail

You can drive from Santa Fe to Albuquerque on I-25 in slightly over an hour. We chose to drive rt 14, the Turquoise Trail scenic byway. We made a few stops, took a few photos and were able to make that drive in around 7 hours.

The first stop was amazing. The map for Turquoise Trail shows a sculpture garden. Such an understatement. Kevin Box is a world renowned sculptor. He has developed a process by which he can recreate very large scale origami in metal, frequently stainless steel which he then powder coats to get a long lasting finish.

Notice the detail in the wings of these birds

Kevin designed this as a traveling exhibit which will be shown in several US cities and even internationally. It will be packed up and relocated this autumn.

At Los Cerrillos they were having an art show at the visitor center but we had just experience some truly exceptional art. We had lunch at Madrid and took this cloudscape just a few miles North of there.

We had planned to possibly take the tram up Sandia but coming from this direction there is a road to the crest so we drove up.

Finally we stopped at Tinkertown Museum. It was started as a hobby but the builder has opened it as an attraction. It consists of several very detailed miniature dioramas.

Tom & Carol