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#1 - Our car parked at our rented Casita just blocks from downtown Santa Fe
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#3 - Cathy, Flo and Jimmy on the front porch of our rented Casita
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#4 - Joe, Flo and Jimmy on the front porch of our rented Casita
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#5 - Flo using her iPad2 on the private patio of our rented Casita
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#6 - Flo using her iPad2 on the private patio of our rented Casita
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#7 - A beautifully restored old theatre in downtown Santa Fe
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#8 - On the side of a building in downtown Santa Fe - a mosaic mural designed and created by a group of Santa Fe youth artists
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#10 - The portico of the Palace of Governors on the Plaza in downtown Santa Fe
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#11 - The Plaza in downtown Santa Fe
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#12 - One of the walkways in the Plaza in downtown Santa Fe
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#13 - As we begin our bus tour of Santa Fe we see an apartment building exhibiting the quintessential Santa Fe adobe architecture style
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#14 - On the bus tour we see an office building styled after the Palace of the Governors
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#15 - Statue of Don Pedro de Peralta, Sante Fe's founder.
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#16 - The Scottish Rites Masonic Center, Museum and Library
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#17 - Downtown business district in the Santa Fe style
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#18 - One of the many mission style buildings in downtown Santa Fe
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#19 - One of several museums in downtown Santa Fe
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#20 - Another example of Santa Fe architecture and rich art culture
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#21 - Flo & Jimmy enjoying our bus tour of Santa Fe
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#22 - Flo & Jimmy enjoying our bus tour of Santa Fe
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#23 - The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, 1869, in downtown Santa Fe. Notice the steeples are still unfinished.
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#24 - Looking down Old Santa Fe Trail with Loretto Chapel on the left
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#25 - An exclusive hotel, The Inn and Spa at Loretto, Santa Fe
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#26 - Bronze statues of three Indian Maidens on the grounds of the New Mexico State Capital Building in Santa Fe
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#27 - Our bus tour makes a stop in a parking area along Canyon Street, the mile-long street of art galleries
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#28 - "Walks Among the Stars" by Dave McGary at the Meyer Gallery
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#29 - "Walks Among the Stars" by Dave McGary at the Meyer Gallery
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#30 - "Walks Among the Stars" by Dave McGary at the Meyer Gallery
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#31 - Jimmy & Flo relaxing on a bench in the sculpture garden of the Meyer Gallery
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#32 - Jimmy & Flo relaxing on a bench in the sculpture garden of the Meyer Gallery
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#33 - A fountain with bronze sculptures of children in the Meyer Gallery sculpture garden
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#38 - "Circle of Peace" by Gary Lee Price at the Meyer Gallery
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#39 - "Playmates" by L'Deane Trueblood at the Meyer Gallery
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#40 - Bronze sculptures of a dancing girl and Mark Twain sitting on a bench outside the Meyer Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe
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#41 - Flo, Jimmy and Cathy walking toward a bronze sculpture of playing children
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#42 - Sculpture garden of the Downey Gallery
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#43 - Entrance to the courtyard of the Downey Gallery
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#44 - A fountain in the courtyard of the Downey Gallery
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#45 - Sculptured adobe wall and gate with wrought-iron lanterns at 506 Acequia Madre in Santa Fe
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#46 - A mural on the side of a building along our bus tour of Santa Fe
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#47 - Santuario de Guadalupe (circa 1781) - the oldest extant shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe in the U.S.
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#48 - Santuario de Guadalupe (circa 1781) - the oldest extant shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe in the U.S.
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#49 - The warehouse yard of an antique dealer in downtown Santa Fe
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#50 - At the end of our bus tour, we are dropped off on the side of the New Mexico Museum of Art in downtown Santa Fe
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#51 - A view along the side of the New Mexico Museum of Art in downtown Santa Fe
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#52 - Flowers along the side of the New Mexico Museum of Art in downtown Santa Fe
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#53 - A view along the side of the New Mexico Museum of Art in downtown Santa Fe
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#54 - Flo riding her scooter on one of the sidewalks in downtown Santa Fe
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#55 - Cathy walks along as Flo rides her scooter on one of the sidewalks in downtown Santa Fe
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#56 - "In Transit", indeed!!
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#57 - Flo & Jimmy take a break in the shade in the Plaza in downtown Santa Fe
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#58 - Looking down the portico of the Palace of the Governors (built in 1610 to house the Spanish government at the time - now a museum) where the Native Americans gather each morning to sell their arts and crafts
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#59 - Jimmy & Cathy (in front of Jimmy) browse the wares of the Native Americans in the portico of the Palace of the Governors
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#60 - Jimmy, Flo and Cathy in the middle of the portico
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#61 - While we were there, they were filming a movie: "Odd Thomas" based on a Dean Koontz novel and staring Willem Defoe (we did not see him)
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#62 - The audio/video crew get equipment ready
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#63 - The wardrobe cart delivers some costumes for the shot
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#64 - The camera in position for the shot
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#65 - A colorful display by a street vendor in downtown Santa Fe
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#66 - A little girl looks at a colorful display by a street vendor in downtown Santa Fe
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#67 - A bronze sculpture: "Heaven Bound" by Lincoln Fox outside the Sage Creek Gallery on the sidewalk of downtown Santa Fe
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#68 - The famous Loretto Chapel on Old Santa Fe Trail in downtown Santa Fe
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#70 - The Loretto Chapel is famous for the spiral wooden staircase (this is a model) built by a mysterious traveling French carpenter in 1877 without screws or nails, and originally without a railing which was added 10 years later
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#71 - This picture is a simulation of how the staircase looked between 1877 and 1887 when Philip August Hesch installed the banisters at the Sisters' request
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#72 - A view of the front of the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel
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#73 - A view of the front of the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel
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#74 - A view of the rear of the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel
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#75 - A view looking up the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel
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#76 - A closer view of the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel
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#77 - A close up view showing the fine detail carvings on the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel
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#78 - A close up view showing the fine detail carvings on the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel
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