Day Trip to Taos

Taos is about as close as you can come to visiting a foreign country in the United States. Nestled at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Northern New Mexico—72 miles north of Santa Fe—Taos creates a first impression that the Spanish, Anglo and Native American cultures still impact its life. It is also a town of pickup trucks and chile ristras, adobe churches and beautiful vistas. Yet it is rife with history that will hark you back to an ancient and time-honored civilization. Ta