But the predominance of the adobe style is part of what makes Santa Fe unique and beautiful. The essence of the adobe pueblo style, one of the great architectural styles of the world, is that it blends with the land around it. It's more a part of the landscape than an intrusion on it. You know it, I know it, and the people of Santa Fe know it, but some folks who have to have everything gussied up don't get it. Or adobe, if you prefer.
Dirt stays on better flat.
At Sangre de Cristo Estates, where you see the magnificent beginnings of the ocean, the most fantastic views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Santa Fe, the place snow melts in the spring, runs down to form the Rio Tesuque, which flows to the Rio Pojoaque, which flows to the Rio Grande, which runs past El Paso, through Big Bend, and past Del Rio to the Gulf of Mexico, which joins the Atlantic Ocean. Click here for the view but please sit back and take a deep breath before you do - these views have been known to take observers' breath away and could be dangerous to your health at first glance. Oddly, views of the Pacific are trickier in Santa Fe. Some say it is. Some say it isn't.