We bee-lined from Austin to Zion National Park in Utah, which meant three day of very solid driving, mainly through New Mexico. While we didn't make many stops we took time to check out "Sky City", an acoma pueblo settlement. Acoma is the tribe of native americans in the area, and a pueblo is their settlement. Sounds cool, right? We were stoked to do the 1.5 hour tour of the ancient sky city and it ended up being the biggest dud of the trip. Kind of neat to see the old houses made of packed clay, set atop a dessert mesa (hence sky city) but the tour consisted mainly of being touted around to women selling clay goods outside their homes, feeling awkward for not buying it, and hearing about all the movies previously filmed there. Basically, we had expected an ancient city and had instead found a living tourist city.
This is a street in Acoma Pueblo, "ancient" mud houses
The cathedral
It's a really moving experience. The outhouses add so much.
Enjoying the mesas
The scenery throughout New Mexico was pretty cool, and just as you'd picture...we could definitely appreciate where Punte Norte, a local Summerland B&B, got it's decor.
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