These pictures were taken at the Loretta Chapel in Santa Fe, NM. This is something we have been wanting to see for quite awhile. When the Chapel was built for the Nuns, they discovered they made a mistake & didn't include plans to get to the choir loft. There wasn't any room for stairs in the traditional sense. They didn't know what to do. One day a carpenter showed up & said he wanted to build the stairs. The only tools he had were a saw, hammer & a square. He went to work. It took about 7 or 8 months to build. He did not use any nails. It is a spiral staircase with no visable means of support. He used pegs instead of nails. It has 33 steps, they think to depict the 33 years of Jesus's life on earth. When he finished, he disappeared. The nuns wanted to pay him, but he wasn't to be found. Local carpenters didn't know where the man got all his materials, & to this day, they aren't sure as to the type of wood that he used. The nuns feel that it may have been St Joseph, but they don't really know. Google The Loretta Chapel & read about it. It is so interesting.
Wide open ranges for miles & miles in NM
We saw some large beef operations in TX, hundreds of beef cattle. A lot of wheat fields that they were working in.
This is the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ Ministries in Groom, TX. 19 stories high, 1900 ffoot tall free standing. It was erected in 1995.
Leaning water tower??? Wonder if it is still in use?
98 degrees and very windy when we came into OK this afternoon
Flat lands in OK
These pictures were taken at the Loretta Chapel in Santa Fe, NM. This is something we have been wanting to see for quite awhile. When the Chapel was built for the Nuns, they discovered they made a mistake & didn't include plans to get to the choir loft. There wasn't any room for stairs in the traditional sense. They didn't know what to do. One day a carpenter showed up & said he wanted to build the stairs. The only tools he had were a saw, hammer & a square. He went to work. It took about 7 or 8 months to build. He did not use any nails. It is a spiral staircase with no visable means of support. He used pegs instead of nails. It has 33 steps, they think to depict the 33 years of Jesus's life on earth. When he finished, he disappeared. The nuns wanted to pay him, but he wasn't to be found. Local carpenters didn't know where the man got all his materials, & to this day, they aren't sure as to the type of wood that he used. The nuns feel that it may have been St Joseph, but they don't really know. Google The Loretta Chapel & read about it. It is so interesting.
Wide open ranges for miles & miles in NM
We saw some large beef operations in TX, hundreds of beef cattle. A lot of wheat fields that they were working in.
This is the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ Ministries in Groom, TX. 19 stories high, 1900 ffoot tall free standing. It was erected in 1995.
Leaning water tower??? Wonder if it is still in use?
98 degrees and very windy when we came into OK this afternoon
Flat lands in OK
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