The satisfying if circuitous drive along the "
High Road
" enables you to combine a tour of the Pueblo region with the trip from Santa Fe to Taos. Leaving US-68/84 a dozen miles north of Santa Fe, near Nambe Pueblo, it leads high into the pines and aspens of the
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
, passing a number of pueblos as well as several timeless Hispanic villages. Dotted with isolated, tin-roofed shacks and barns, these hills are said to be the heartland of the secretive
Penitentes
, fanatical Catholics who, in the nineteenth century, were renowned for forming Lenten processions along the ridges, flagellating themselves with yucca whips while chanting prayers.
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