Ghost Ranch

I am sure you all are familar with Geogia O'Keefe, the famous painter. When she was younger she visited a dude ranch and love the area so much she said she wanted to live there. She lived in a small town near the ranch during part of the year and then lived in Ghost Ranch the other part, probably summer. You can go visit the area, see the museums, and hike. It is also a conference center now.

The story goes that some cattle ranchers would still cattle and bring them into this canyon. Then they spread stories about witches in there so no one would come in and find the cattle. Later on they changed the name to Ghost Ranch as not to be so scarey. It was at least 50 miles of dirt roads from Sante Fe and Georgia would make that trek for fresh fruits and veggies. We took a short hike up to chimney rock ( 1st picture). This is a cactus flower that only blooms once a year and it just happened to be there and beautiful.  The last picture is a building put up 20 years ago for the movie City Slickers. It was fun to rent the movie and see the area and the cabin. Such a cute movie. If you go to the Ghost Ranch website it will tell you about other movies filmed in that area.