The Historic Depot: 
Santa Fe was the endpoint for another "journey" for us. In Kansas City we basically live at the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail. See Westport on the map below? That is the oldest part of Kansas City, and it's really close to where Nate works. In Westport a central square features a large map of the Santa Fe Trail. So we had been to the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail and now here's Nate with the plaque that marks its end.
Santa Fe was the endpoint for another "journey" for us. In Kansas City we basically live at the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail. See Westport on the map below? That is the oldest part of Kansas City, and it's really close to where Nate works. In Westport a central square features a large map of the Santa Fe Trail. So we had been to the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail and now here's Nate with the plaque that marks its end.
We also toured some of Santa Fe's other historic sites. We went to the Palace of the Governors. Originally constructed in 1610 by the Spanish, the Palace of the Governors served as the seat of government in New Mexico until the late 1800s. In the course of that time, it housed Spanish, Mexican, and American governors. The Palace of Governors is the oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States and now serves as a museum of New Mexico history.
We also went to the New Mexico Museum of Art where we saw this little tiny door.
Ok, we saw some art too. Like I said in my last post, tons of artists came to paint New Mexico. Even artists that you would never think came to New Mexico came. So, at the museum we got to see more New Mexico-inspired pieces. We saw this piece by George Bellows:
And this one by Robert Henri:
And some works by Georgia O'Keeffe:
And this piece, Interior , New Mexico (1923), by Stuart Davis. We found the Stuart Davis pieces really amusing because Davis, unlike most of the other artists, was not at all a fan of New Mexico, and it's really obvious. He spent most of his time in New Mexico painting interior scenes in black and white.
We also went to see the very unassuming New Mexico State Capital.
We stopped by the San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe, which was built around 1610 and is said to be the oldest standing church structure in the United States.
We saw the oldest house in the United States, which is right next door to the chapel.
And we also saw the Loretto Chapel and the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis, but the facade of the latter was under construction.
We enjoyed wandering into the shops, talking to the street vendors, and eating gourmet pizza on the roof of the restaurant.
