We took a drive to Taos, New Mexico. Taos is in the north central part of New Mexico. It's known for its art galleries and various artsy venues. Lots of shops selling authentic Native American wares. We didn't see anything we couldn't live without and the traffic and narrow streets were a challenge for our big truck. We did find this gem about 8 miles northwest of Taos. The Rio Grande runs through here and there is a very large bridge across it. This gorge can be viewed from a state park/wayside rest area on the west side of the bridge. I walked to the bridge and took pictures from it. There are rafters on the river in the top picture. We didn't see where the rafts put in and don't know how far the raft trip goes but it looked exciting. You can see the rapids the rafts were about to hit. The bottom picture shows the river looking pretty flat and green.
The state park was free and there were one or two sites you in which you could park an RV and "camp". There were also Native American's selling all kinds of goods in the park. They had stalls set up and it looked like they were selling there all the time. You were probably better off buying things here than in Taos. At least in the park the parking was free unlike Taos where you have to pay to park and the parking spaces are too small for big vehicles.
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