The Puebloan people began to build in the canyon on a grand scale around 850 C.E. and construction of their Great House Pueblos continued for over 300 years. Their architecture design was pre-planned and many of the great houses were built over decades and even centuries. Our day trip begins early in the morning. Shortly…
It’s March which means that spring is just around the corner. The weather warms, the ground defrosts and the snow begins to melt, and the earth comes alive again reinvigorated by the sun. As nature shakes off the heaviness of winter and renews itself with a fresh, green start, our spirit of adventure often does…
It’s February – the month of love and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. When most people think about Valentine’s Day they think about romantic love commercialized with flowers, chocolates and cards. But we like to think of it as more than just romantic love, it’s a time to celebrate all types of love.…
January Travel Blog | Glampour – Reimagine Glamping with HI’s Enchanting Experience
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Do you love to experience the great outdoors, but struggle with the lack of comfort when camping? Do you long to experience the enchantment of the New Mexico sky far from any light pollution, where you can sit back and enjoy the stars? Do you want to do it in style? We have the perfect…
It’s November in New Mexico, and I’m on an early dawn hike throughout the stacks of ancient earth and the multi-layers of hued sandstone. They’re whispering to me in the golden light about a colorful story that once existed on earth, out here on the edge of the Colorado Plateau, where so many have been…
Gratitude goes beyond expressing thanks to someone. These days, it has developed into a state of being that fosters a positive state of mind and is an ongoing appreciative practice that generates an enhanced presentness with life. We thought that with November almost upon us and the annual holiday of gratitude, Thanksgiving, we’d look at…
Travel in New Mexico Nourishes Wellness
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Many travelers want to maintain or even enhance their personal wellbeing when they travel. Travel can be an opportunity to focus on nurturing the soul, spirit, body and mind. It makes sense if you’re taking a break to hit the refresh button, that you should incorporate rejuvenating healthy practices and tune into your body’s needs.…
It’s Easy to Imagine You’re in a Foreign Locale in Santa Fe, NM
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It’s Easy to Imagine You’re in a Foreign Locale in Santa Fe, NM Wanderlusters unite! Have you been yearning for an overseas trip but not had sufficient time or money to go far afield? Are you eager for a sense of exotic newness, yet need to stay within U.S. boundaries? Well, there’s a reason Santa…
Eight Reasons You Should Visit Albuquerque By Heritage Inspirations Guide Bobby Gonzales I moved to Albuquerque fourteen years ago to go to school and I liked it so much, I never left. New Mexico is a state like no other in the U.S. and is truly special, and while most people use Albuquerque as a…
New Mexico’s Northern Mountains Benefit from a Rich Cultural & Artistic Heritage
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Northern New Mexico’s Early Cultural & Artistic History The earliest New Mexico inhabitants, the ancestral Puebloans, left artifacts and petroglyphs throughout the region and these primitive artists created images and designs that represented their spiritual practices and relationship to their natural surroundings. Their earthen architecture used basic sustainable materials, proving long-lasting and resilient to the…
Tackling the Outdoors as a Beginner
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By Heritage Inspirations Guide Sally Pryor Sally is Heritage Inspirations newest guide and she enthusiastically leads an introductory overnight backpacking experience in the glorious Enchanted Circle North of Taos. She believes backpacking allows you to know the power of your body and challenges you to experience the elements, thereby giving you wings to grow. For…
The Tapestry of Taos Artisans
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Wandering the streets of downtown Taos we walk on imperfect roads where many artists have walked before. Roads full of wondrous stories where the famous, infamous, and little known have already treaded. Every crack in the sidewalk is a sign that someone of significance walked this way and it’s what makes Taos’ art colony completely…
Why Do Women Travel? On International Women’s Day, we want to focus on women and travel. More and more women are traveling, whether alone or in groups, and here at Heritage Inspirations we’ve been contemplating what drives this female desire for travel. It’s become a common theme in the travel industry – women are traveling…
Floating on Snow in the Taos Backcountry
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Winter invites a different kind of discovery because of the silence blanketing the ground, allowing us to see things we might not have noticed in other seasons. When the trees and land get covered in white, they highlight and illuminate the texture, form and shapes of nature in poetic majesty. I must admit, this is…
Living with Mystery | Guest Reflections from Glamping in Chaco Canyon
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By John Anning | Emerald Hills, CA Reflections of Chaco Canyon by our inspirational guest, John Anning who joined us on our September 9th-10th, 2018 Chaco Canyon New Moon Glamping Tour. They tell you about the 16 miles of rutted dirt road. We are headed to Chaco Culture National Historic Park from Albuquerque. I have…
Taos’ Mystical Splendor Inspires an Active Glamping Experience
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Taos’ Mystical Splendor Inspires an Active Glamping Experience All I can see is the wild sagebrush sprawl out across the Taos Plateau. The fragrance invigorates my soul and plucks the wild within me. What I mean is the wild at heart within me, tugging on my soul to travel deeper towards this earth. The mother earth who…
I love all the connections these days with social media popping up! I met Andrea a true Taosena who now lives with her husband and two kids in Dallas, TX over an Instagram crush. We both kept seeing each others highlights of Taos and it turned into coffee at our favorite spot Coffee Apothecary and…
When was the last time you traveled off the beaten path into a journey back in time? This weeks Travel Blog is written by our newest addition to the Heritage Inspirations team, Emily Hill. Emily joins us leading our immersive and interpretive Chaco Canyon Day Tours which will be offered every Saturday starting May 27th…
Travel evokes the soul with enriching opportunities to awaken your senses. It reignites adventure inside us that we often tuck away in our day to day lives. Northern New Mexico is rich with colorful topography etched by volcanic weathering, bold geological forces and the multi-faceted cultures imprinted across our diverse landscape. It’s nearly impossible to…
Special Screening “Awakening in Taos” at our Storytelling Series
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Ok if you missed the Premier screening of Awakening in Taos in Taos you have another chance! Heritage Inspirations and Palacio de Marquesa are hosting Mark Gordon, the director and writer of the documentary about Mabel Dodge Luhan’s life in New Mexico. Mark has been involved in film making all his life, starting in elementary…
Wishing you ALL a very Happy Thanksgiving! “Gratitude opens the door to…the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude..” Deepak Chopra I’m SO grateful for every tour shared with each of you this year, for your inspiration, our enriching memories and unforgettable adventures together exploring Taos and her…
Storytelling by the Fire with Cherie Burns
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Our Weekly Travel Blog this week features Asia Golden, General Manager of Palacio de Marquesa: Taos is a place and space for stories including stories of the mountain, of the Pueblo, the Spanish, the Pioneers, and the souls searching for the meaning of life. Everyone originally born in Taos or transplanted to Taos has a…
This morning was one of the most magnificent crimson red sunrises out our window, without effort the sky took on an emotive form as I watched in the silence of dawn. Walking outside seeing the crescent moon and Venus painted over by dramatic painted clouds glowing with the intoxication of color had me in such…
One of the best parts about living in New Mexico is all of the creative people living in their creative spaces. There are so many quaint and romantic back roads that lead you to the front door of an artist. One of the qualities that first attracted me to living in New Mexico was the…
“The future belongs to the beauty of those who believe in their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt Along the Rio de Pueblo on Taos Pueblo land the red willow grows abundantly. Red willow traditionally was the main ingredient to create Dreamcatchers woven with natural feathers and semi-precious gemstone, one gemstone to each web because there is only…
As we advance into October the road from Santa Fe to Taos starts to glow golden and Chimayo red. From the Quaking Aspens dancing in the crisp autumn breeze to the chile ristras adorning the quaint villages along the way, there is an invitational feeling to experience a journey along the historic High Road. This…
Early Tuesday morning I set out from Old Town Albuquerque north towards Chaco Canyon. The skies were dramatic and overcast with beams of light penetrating the mesas, buttes and plateaus so poetically it was hard not to stop and photograph every couple of miles. The landscape was abundant with color from the brick-red Chinle formation…
There’s just something about fall in New Mexico that forces you into the car, pack a lunch, a camera and the dog for the road to capture what words can’t express. The only difficulty is deciding where you’re going to drive exploring this Land of Enchantment because the options are endless here with a variety…
Early this week I rose before dawn, still dark outside I put the hot water on to make a cup of coffee and got bundled up in layers to gear up for the elements on this late August morning. I warmed up our 1973 Fj40 Land Cruiser, put the heaters on, grabbed my coat, loaded…
I can’t say how many moments of inspiration traveling I’ve had in this past week. Sharing Taos and all of it’s vast, diverse and calico colors infused with layers of basalt, sand, volcanic tuff, mountains, rivers, water, sage and sanctuary. I spent two days immersed in Ra Paulette’s earth caves that evoke mystery, spirit, and…
Last night driving home from the big city of Albuquerque to my little town of Taos, the clouds were etched artistically across the sky, the lighting was mysterious and almost romantic. Clearly the monsoon rains had already unleashed their abundance across the wild mesa of sagebrush, the aroma was glorious and almost ancient. I felt…
“Traveling it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” Ibn Battuta It’s nearly the end of July, the monsoons are sketching puffy cumulus clouds in our big blue skies, the sunsets are intoxicating with that golden light and the warmth and sun make for long days to get outside and play, explore, wander,…
Back in November of 2012, I met an inspirational woman who forever planted a seed in my professional life that has now grown into this travel company of mine, Heritage Inspirations. Heather Robertson, owner of Wide Awake by Design, serves motivated individuals pursuing growth from the inside out cultivating the tools necessary to augment and…
“I had a sudden intuition right then that here in this country life could come to one more concretely than in other places, and that meanings that were shut up in words and phrases out in the world could incorporate themselves in living forms and move before one. Ideas here might clothe themselves in form…
If you live in Taos, you have most likely heard of Robert Mirabal; whether you know him from his hand crafted flutes and amulets, as a local Taos farmer, as a Rock Star who has performed with Mumford & Sons and Michael Franti, or seen one of his live performances across New Mexico. Robert has…
Tucked in the mountains of Red River is one our most beautiful lakes in New Mexico, Goose Lake. This past weekend we made our way to the town of Red River in our vintage 1977 Toyota Land Cruiser for the first part of our trip. Climbing the rugged road that was once a mining road…
The journey to Chaco Canyon on Summer Solstice this past Monday started in Albuquerque meeting up with Maresa Thompson, Heritage Hotels Creative Director. We prepared for our trip packing a cooler of snacks, plenty of water and planned to meet early morning Tuesday to depart north on 1-25 to Hwy 550 towards Nageezi. It has…
This week we are featuring a Taos Local guest blogger, Asia Golden, General Manager of our Heritage Resort property, Palacio de Marquesa. This lovely Taos inn offers visitors a beautiful retreat in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Asia is an avid mountain biker and lover of nature giving us insight to one of her…
There is something sacred about New Mexico, something wild and unspoken in the currents of the winds, or the rivers that speak of a timeless essence that has allured me for years. It is powerful how the Land of Enchantment always keeps me seeking and thirsting for more. As much as I have travelled and…
It’s that time of year when sweaters and pants change to tank tops and shorts, skis are replaced with hiking shoes and swimsuits and we plan for summer road trips, camping adventures, traveling with friends and booking tours! Here in Taos, we have a whole summer of fun from Music Festivals, to local town…
“The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is coming. Thus it is with time present.” Leonardo Da Vinci Hiking in Taos Ski Valley last week had me reflecting on the metamorphic waters living in the mountains. I spent all winter skiing…
SUPing is one of my favorite activities to do on weekends, during morning meditations, and on my tours. I’ve been asked often lately, what is SUPing? SUPing is Stand Up Paddle Boarding. This activity has its roots in Hawaiian surfing techniques dating to in the 1940s. Surf instructors in Waikiki like Duke Kahanamoku and Leroy…
Taos Pueblo Insiders Guide Often people ask me about travel etiquette when visiting Taos Pueblo. What is appropriate attire? Can I take photographs? What are my suggestions for shopping? Do you tip the guides? Being apart of this living community of Taos has instilled within me a deep reverence for this cultural living story that…