Things to do in Santa Fe in August

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August 2008 Events

A mountain man

Summer Festival, Frontier Days and
Horses of the West
August 1,2 & 3 from 10 am - 4 pm

Meet the colorful characters who put the wild in wild west!
Mountain men and women will demonstrate their skills and spin tales
of the past at encampments throughout the ranch. Flint knapping,
panning for gold, hide tanning and bow making are just some of the
activities your family will be able to observe and participate in.
Peruvian Paso horse shows Saturday and Sunday.
Limited activities on Friday.

Making Retablos

Uniquely New Mexico: Food, Art & Adobe!
August 16-17 from 10 am - 4 pm

A million things make New Mexico unique. On this weekend, we’ll celebrate three of them. Sample foods made from traditional recipes and using crops grown on the ranch; make adobe bricks and learn the basics of building with them; paint a retablo with a master santero or learn to do decorative tinwork with an hojalatero. You will leave with even more love for the Land of Enchantment than you came with!

Diligent young builders
make miniature adobe homes

Fiesta de los Niños - A Children's Celebration
August 30-31 from 10 am - 4 pm

Ven a jugar con nosotros! Come out and play with us! Your children will
have fun learning about history as they try on historic costumes of the Spanish
settlers and build their very own miniature adobe house. Storytellers and cost-
umed villagers - not to mention burros, goats and sheep - will bring this Span-
is colonial ranch to life and inspire young minds; magicians and miniature horses
will delight and entertain them.

Photos courtesy of Ms. Shirley Barnes
Be sure to visit us on your next trip to Santa Fe!
El Rancho de Las Golondrinas is located at 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Phone: (505) 471-2261 Fax: (505) 471-5623
Email: mail@golondrinas.org

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