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I think I could have made it to Tinkertown before closing yesterday but not by much.
Rushing through one of my favorite attractions after an eleven year
absence was not te least bit appealing so I delayed departing Albuquerque
to visit the museum today when I could be one of the day's first visitors
rather than one of the last. I arrived a little before the official
opening time and pulled off the road opposite the entrance. I stepped out
of the call to take some pictures of the closed gate and as I walked back
to the car someone reached the gate from the other side and called out to
let me know they were now open. It was Carla Ward, the museum's owner and
widow of its creator. I pulled in, parked, and walked with Carla to the
front door of the museum.
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With limited space, lighting, and skill I do not get great photos inside
Tinkertown but maybe these will provide a hint of what it is like. It is
something you really should see in person. In lieu of that, or to augment
that, Carla's 2020 book The Tinker of Tinkertown (My review is
here.)
contains much better photos than these.
The last photo is of the Therdora R 35-foot cutter that Carla's brother, Fritz Damler, sailed around the world between 1981 and 1991. A video of Fritz talking about the trip and how the boat ended up here has been installed since my las visit. The full story of the trip is told in Ten Years Behind the Mast which I reviewed here. |
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After touring the museum (I actually made multiple passes through parts
of it.), I was chatting with Carla and a couple of employees when I was
offered a wonderful treat. Attached to the museum is an apartment used as
a guest house for visiting relatives. It also serves as display and
storage space for lots of Ross Ward's artwork. His extremely wide range in
both form and scale seems to really register here. In the second photo,
Carla holds a design for one of Ross' amusement park ride murals.
Then it was outside to look over more interesting things before leaving the now filled parking lot and heading back toward Albuquerque. While taking with Carla, I learned (or was reminded) of a book her daughter, Tanya, had written titled Leaving Tinkertown. I left with new reading material in hand. |
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Returning to the National Old Trails Road in Albuquerque, I snapped a
picture of the New Mexico Madonna of the Trail and its
two unique panels then headed north.
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Just before entering Santa Fe, NM, I paused as the very cool
Santa Fe
Brewing.
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I had noted these huge sculptures on the way to the brewery and took these
photos on the way back to my route. At the brewery, I learned that
La Puerta is
a door company. I'm thinking that you have to make pretty good doors if
you're going to have wolves like these at them.
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In Santa Fe, I found a parking spot near the cathedral and walked by the
native vendors at the Palace of the Governors and into the plaza. The next
to last phot shows the plywood encased bas of the obelisk that was pulled
down by demonstrators in 2020. On the right side of that photo is the
bandstand where I saw a concert in 2014. A photo of the now absent obelisk
taken that day is here.
There is a marker in the plaza for the western end of the Santa Fe Trail.
For eastbound me, it is the beginning.
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