Lincoln Ave. at Federal Place

Right in front of us is the US Court House.

During warmer months you often find picnic benches on the well-maintained grass around the corner, or at the other end of Federal Place by the Post Office.

Santa Fe Plaza

The Plaza has long been a central gathering place in Santa Fe.

It's pretty rare when there aren't people hanging out in or around the Plaza. But I did manage to catch that once.

Canyon Road at Palace Avenue

The last intersection where there is a high concentration of galleries, shops, and places to eat is at Canyon Road and Palace Avenue. You could take a left here and walk straight back to the plaza, or if you walk Palace Avenue from the plaza you will end here and this point becomes the beginning of the tour of Canyon Road.

View up Gonzales

The turn onto Gonzales is in a small curve and therefore can be easily missed. (Which is why this was photographed.) You can take Gonzales to get to the ski basin, Hyde State Park, a number of high end developments and some hiking trails.

The Santa Fe River is across the street. If you walked in that direction towards Alameda and turned left, a hundred yards or so is a city park, "Monsignor Patrick Smith Park".

Lilacs love our alkaline soil. The lilacs in this view are not the most advanced specimens I've seen, but...any size lilac smells nice. There are some really great lilacs around Santa Fe.

Canyon Road at Camino del Monte Sol

This intersection has a nice collection of places nearby. A few places you can eat outside, and more galleries of course.

On the other side of the white van is the public parking lot.

And another "Where's Waldo?"-type peek-a-boo mountain view.

Sign for the Artists Market

Looking down Paseo de Peralta you can see the Site Santa Fe building. To the left of that you can see parking and the little white tips of tents off in the distance...shady spots to find vegetables, fruits, and more. The intersection down there is where Guadalupe intersects with Cerrillos.

As you pan left you will see one of cool aspects of Santa Fe: murals on otherwise boring utility boxes and other places with enough space, like the electrical utility building across the street. Yeah murals! Boo graffiti.

Apple Art on Canyon Road at Delgado

How's about them apples? Not really sure about what that saying means, but...

If you stayed on East Alameda you can turn on Delgado and access Canyon Road from here. As you can see there's public parking down the street. I will point it out when we get there.