Video: (2min18sec) 2009 Taos Mountain Balloon Rally

The annual Taos Mountain Balloon Rally took place in Taos, New Mexico USA.

The invitational event featured 29 balloons, a parade, mass ascensions and a "Balloominshine."

Although some events were scrubbed due to weather, most were successful.

Video shot and edited by Rick Romancito for The Taos News Media Center.

If you’re heading to Carlsbad Caverns or the chic galleries of Santa Fe, golf in New Mexico, once a word-of-mouth secret among avid golfers, is a secret no longer.

There are four distinct destinations for golf in New Mexico, each boasting a cluster of high-quality, low-cost courses with great scenery and shot values.

Northern section for golf New Mexico: Taos Country Club, Black Mesa Golf Club near Espanola and Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe are all modified desert-links courses winding across the high plateau.

First of all, the use of "easy" when discussing an attempt to summit a 13,000 foot plus peak might be a totally poor choice of words. On the other hand, such an endeavor may well be similar to the proper method to eat an elephant...one bite at a time. I am not a doctor but assuming you are in reasonably good health, don't have medical issues, are well prepared, and pace yourself, reaching the summit of Wheeler is a real possibility.

The stimulation for this short article was a Guest at Indian Hills Inn, Taos Plaza. Staying several days and wandering both the town sites and the nearby mountain trails, this 50's or 60's fellow was in basically good condition. Claims he walks 4 to 6 miles almost daily in his hometown area of Dallas, Texas.

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This is a very spiritual place. Legends has its around 1810 local finalize walking around the hill side here. Light stand coming from the ground. Father welcomed and priest for 62 years tell me the story.

Light coming from the ground enlightened whole this valley and they came down here moving the dha dha and found chrushi axis. The crushi axis is considered treasure here, but the more value is of trassiable founded. People come from round the world to experience here the human powers. Father welcome himself to show one of the miracles.

At first sight, a mountain resort is actually not the best place for ghosts. But if you consider that fact that most of the winter ski resorts are built in that places where previously some horrible and frightening stories happened - then a presence of an unholy soul is quite imaginary. In New England, for example, there are lots of stories about ghosts and these stories and the ghost visions have left their traces in forests and villages located near the resort area.

The Mount Washington hotel, located in the ski zone Breton Woods in New Hampshire is well-known for many years for it's ghosts.

TAO is Taos Artist's Organization, a membership organization to develop a strong visual arts community in the historic Taos, New Mexico village.

Each year in Taos, TAO organizes the Taos Artists' Open Studio Tour. This beautifilled video (9min 48sec) is about the 2009 show and a great tribute to all these artists.

The Taos Art Colony is an art colony which began in 1898 with the visit of Bert G. Phillips and Ernest L. Blumenschein to Taos, New Mexico.

The famous Taos Box in the Rio Grande River, near Taos,New Mexico is an awesome adventure, as seen in this video (3min 28sec). Taos is a big river rafting destination and many Taos companies as well as Santa Fe companies offer one-day and multi-day packages.

The geology that created the box, and the 1,800-mile long Rio Grande River, was a millions-of-years-ago rift, or crack, between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the ranges to the west.

Probably my favorite thing about Taos is the remoteness. Taos has always been 'off the grid.' That's why Taos is what it is today.

Even the railroad didn't run all the way up here. There haven't ever been many people here, actually.

That's why Taos isn't all filled up with the same rubber stamp, franchise brand malls and a marketing concept sort of food store chains that seem to be all over everywhere else. There just weren't enough people.

For locals, besides all the social stuff about hanging out in Taos, just talking with friends over coffee or drinks or some food out in town or in a house, a cool part about Taos is the remoteness from people that can be achieved here. It's really very excellent.