The Valle de Guadalupe is unlike anyplace I've visited before. People compare it to the Napa Valley thirty years ago, but that's not right. This is very much it's own land - an arid dessert, filled with dusty, rutted, unpaved roads and no addresses that make any sense. A place where grapes struggle up out of the ground, and the stressed vegetables are filled with flavor. A place where the air is filled with the music of crowing roosters, and the jauntiest dogs you've ever seen gambol across the land. A place where those who scratch a living from this difficult earth band together in what seems to be a true spirit of solidarity. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. You bump down these dusty rock-filled roads and then suddenly turn off into an oasis of green plants and gardens. This is my view from my lovely room at the
The Very Beautiful Valle de Guadalupe
The Very Beautiful Valle de Guadalupe
The Very Beautiful Valle de Guadalupe
The Valle de Guadalupe is unlike anyplace I've visited before. People compare it to the Napa Valley thirty years ago, but that's not right. This is very much it's own land - an arid dessert, filled with dusty, rutted, unpaved roads and no addresses that make any sense. A place where grapes struggle up out of the ground, and the stressed vegetables are filled with flavor. A place where the air is filled with the music of crowing roosters, and the jauntiest dogs you've ever seen gambol across the land. A place where those who scratch a living from this difficult earth band together in what seems to be a true spirit of solidarity. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. You bump down these dusty rock-filled roads and then suddenly turn off into an oasis of green plants and gardens. This is my view from my lovely room at the